Will steam connect & work with mobile internet/WiFi?

[AtomicSammi]

I was just wondering if anyone had experience with using steam on mobile internet, and whether it would be a problem for server-based games and just steam in general.

Due to price rises, we’ve cancelled our internet - but the person who pays for it is convinced the best solution is one of those mobile WiFi boxes that you put a SIM card into. They’re not a gamer, and there’s not much info I could find about this - so I wanted to know if anyone had experience or an understanding of it?

[Cromi]

I used to live in a broadband dead-zone and cellular wifi was my only option. As long as your ping is good, you shouldn't have any problems with online gaming. Just pay attention to your plan. You want unlimited data at 4g minimum speeds.

[Satoru]

it might

Though be warned many mobile phone carries explicitly block steam since it would quickly saturate their network.

Steam also doesnt really care about your phone data plan, and you could easily obliterate your download cap

[Viking2121]

I've used it, In my area here in Arizona, my ISP has some super low caps, so I often use my Cellphones Hotspot and connect my desktop wirelessly to my Phone.

I've played Call of Duty WW2 just fine on multiplayer with friends, And I've played Wildlands with a buddy while being conneced to Discord and I have played Destiny 2 PVP Crucible, Ping was stable around 20 30ms on Discord, Though my Phone had nearly full stregth LTE signal, Got about 50mbps down and 15mbps up.

Works pretty decent on my end on a cheap Samsung Perx J7, But back home in Ohio I had LTE but was not the greatest thing on the planet, ping jumped around and was not the best gaming experince.

I get about 8GB a month of data, and if I need it I'll add 10GB for 10 bucks to my Hotspot, its still cheaper then paying the over charges from the crap ISP...

[Chlymidia]

I added my mobile data and it's working on every site but steam