How to Combine a Tethered iPhone or Android with 4G/5G Cellular on Your PC or Mac with Speedify

Use multiple internet connections at the same time

Setting up your Mac or PC to use a 4G or 5G mobile broadband card and tethered phone connections at the same time is a very simple task. In fact, any computer running Windows 10+ or Mac OS 10+ can connect to any combination of available Internet connections. In most cases, setting up multiple Internet connections on your computer doesn’t even require any extra hardware.

If you’re trying to connect multiple Internet connections for faster speeds, note that your various connections must come from different Internet sources. For example, Wi-Fi and Ethernet networks that are connected to the same router cannot be combined for increased bandwidth using channel bonding applications like Speedify, because they both share the same upstream network.

Speedify makes your uploads and downloads faster, more reliable, and more secure.

Speedify combines Wi-Fi, 4G / 5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink, and other satellites for faster internet uploads and downloads

Speedify is the only software app that combines Wi-Fi, 4G / 5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellites at once for secure, faster, and more reliable internet uploads and downloads so you stay online without interruptions.

Speedify will automatically detect and start using any available Internet connections on your device while intelligently distributing your online traffic between them for optimal performance. If you need help we have quick start guides available for most common set ups.

Speedify gets you faster uploads and downloads from the devices around you 

Speedify's Pair & Share feature lets you and the devices around you pair up and share 4G/5G cellular both ways, so every paired device gets faster uploads, faster downloads, and a steadier internet connection. All sides share and use each other's cellular at once, unlike a personal hotspot, where one device gives and the rest take.

Speedify's Pair & Share feature runs over the local network between devices already running Speedify, with no extra hardware and no new data plans. Speedify creates an encrypted pool of shared 4G/5G cellular connections across all paired devices. Each device taps into that shared pool of combined connections for faster upload and download speeds and a more reliable internet connection.

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Step 1: Tether Your Smartphone

Refer to your carrier or smarthphone’s instructions to tether your phone’s mobile Internet to your computer. Here is a handy guide for tethering on most of the popular mobile broadband networks in the US.

Step 2: Connect Your 4G or 5G Mobile Broadband Card

Refer to your mobile broadband provider’s instructions to connect your mobile Internet device to your computer. If your device is a USB dongle and you’ve already installed the appropriate drivers on your computer, you can simply plug in your 4G or 5G card. For a mobile hotspot device, just connect to your computer’s Wi-Fi as you normally would.

Step 3: Combine Tethered Phone and 4G or 5G Connections with Speedify

Now that you have both tethered phone and your 4G or 5G mobile broadband network connected to your computer simultaneously, you might want to combine both for faster and more reliable Internet. This is where Speedify comes in. Speedify is a cloud service for Mac & PC users that combines all the Internet connections available to your computer to create a single fast super-connection.

To get started with Speedify, simply download and install the Speedify software, you’re ready to go. Once Speedify is running, you’ll see both the tethered phone and mobile broadband connections detected. That means you’re using both for their combined speed and reliability.

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With Speedify you can combine Wi-Fi, 4G / 5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellites into one bonded super-connection to improve livestreaming, video calling, gaming, web browsing, and everything else you do online.

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