Nah. I have a Surface 3 with LTE and rarely use it. One time I fired up my phone hotspot because I actually forgot the Surface had LTE. I don't leave it turned on, as it is just another power sucker. Not excessive, but it is unnecessary when WiFi is so prevalent. Now, let me tell you about a giant irritant. If you are connected to WiFi, but that WiFi is unable to connect you to the internet, LTE will not work. You will need to turn off WiFi before you can connect. This can happen if you are at home, on Wii, but your provider is down, or if you are at one of those free WiFi spots that requires you to accept their terms via browser before granting you internet access. There was a big stink made about the new LTE Apple watch, because it was connecting to public WiFi, but you couldn't accept the terms, so it looked like the LTE connectivity was down. Folks they all work that way. If the WiFi is 'connected', you won't get LTE data. Try it at home, unplug your ISP from the wall but leave the WiFi up. Your phone, iPad, Surface with LTE will stay connected to WiFi, but you won't get anywhere on your browser over LTE. It assumes it should be using WiFi. Turn the WiFi off on your device and you will be back on the internet. It's normal, sort of by design, but annoying if you don't realize that is happening.
BTW, the extra charge on AT&T family plan is just $10 for the Surface, so not a deal breaker.
11-29-2017 07:27 PM