I tried using my phone for a hot spot , as I travel to a lot of small towns in BC my pin stays between 150 and 180. Hotel is about the same most of the time , only benefit of the hot spot is less packet loss. I do find an improvement in hotels in bigger towns with 5ghz wifi as I assume it's still less crowded. Where I'm currently staying it's a 2.4ghz wifi and the stutter is crazy.