3G iPad - verizon or AT

I received a 3G iPad (1st gen) as a gift - MC497LL/A, Model 1337.
How do I know if this is compatible with Verizon or AT&T? Are all 3G iPads
compatible with either service?

Open the Settings app & select Cellular. There you can setup or view your account. It will show verizon or AT&T, but not both.
 Cheers, Tom

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device: new Ipad verizon, 16gb
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              the dvice get antenna and bring the carrier name on top corner also say 3G beside it.
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any suggestion?

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Went to Switch my iPad Verizon iPad for an At&t [MY REVIEW]

Last night, i made a complete backup of my Ipad i got from Verizon Wireless on January 1st. I decided that receiving 2gigs of data on a $30 plan/month wasn't no longer worth it. I did however average about 55mb of data use during the 11 days i had it. Only on the forth day of exploring the ipad did i go over 84mb of data.
To make the 2 gig plan work initially i decided that i could only use up to 68mb a day to stay within my data plan. LETS CALCULATE:
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1gig       =           1024MB                             34 MB
2gigs     =           2048MB                              68 MB
3gigs     =           3072MB                              102MB
Now at 68MB per day... You CAN do it... just don't plan on streaming video nor music. I found that out on my fourth day of use as stated early. Each day that you are under 68mb is a good thing. How ever much you are under 68mb gets "divided and added between the days left of service." and will make up your "new daily use." For example see chart below:
Date:
Original Daily Limit
Actual Daily Use
New Daily Use
01/01/13
68
68
68
01/02/13
68
50
69
01/03/13
68
40
70
01/04/13
68
84
69
01/05/13
68
90
68
01/06/13
68
30
70
01/07/13
68
27
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01/08/13
68
41
73
01/09/13
68
5
76
01/10/13
68
55
77
The data above is not the actual for my data use its theorically and for example only.
With all that said... however 3 gigs for $30 is better than 2 at $30.
Just from initial looks i get better AT&T coverage (bars on the ipad)... but i don't see the LTE... just 4g.
With 3gigs... i can freely surf up to 34 mb more. This mean i can stream videos & audio without much worry. Now I know still have to monitor my use but being that i've had to manage myself at 2 gigs for 10days... I think 3gigs will not be no problem. I can now leave the cellualar data on during periods of inactive use of the pad... I use the ipad as a phone.
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No i was just sharing my knowledge/experience. Hopefully this post will enlighten someone.

New iPad Verizon Hotspot Failure/Solution - Tech Support Please Verify

Potential Problem:
Upon initiating the New iPad's Verizon Hotspot, other devices initially see the iPad's SSID, then you receive an "Unable to join..." message and/or the SSID disappears, never to be seen by devices that you are attempting to connect to the iPad.
Apparent Cause:
The characters used to name your iPad are the default, unchangeable characters used to name your iPad's Verizon Hotspot's SSID (the network name).
You cannot change the SSID, unless you change the name of your iPad.
Apparently, when it comes to naming the SSID, certain characters, maybe including spaces, are not allowed and subsequently corrupt any connection.
In my case, my iPad's name, and therefore it's SSID had a space and an apostrophe in it, one or both of which (probably the apostrophe), would not allow proper broadcasting of the SSID and the connection to the hotspot.
Preliminary Solution:
ename your iPad using alphanumeric characters without spaces or special characters; stick with letters and numbers.
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Reboot the iPad, and hopefully, the hotspot SSID, which is your iPad's new name, will reappear among the visible networks on your other wireless devices.
Apple Tech Support should verify this problem/solution, then provide guidance as to allowable naming conventions that won't trip up the hotspot.

Having the same issue...
After I get the "unable to join" message on my laptop, I turn off, then back on the Person Hotspot and then the second attempt to join from my laptop works...
I did rename my ipad, however i didn't use special characters or spaces... maybe just renaming is causing problems?
It's stupid that you can't use your own sid!
I really hate these crazy issues. Why can't it just work!

IPad Verizon data plan used up?

After using a new iPad mini on a Verizon data plan for 3 weeks, only 50 MB had been used. Then the device suddenly indicated that all data was used for the month, and refused to connect. A few hours after this, it "fixed itself", connecting, and showing that only 50 MB had been used for the month.
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I've never seen this happen on my Verizon iPad. I've been using it since July 2011 on my account.
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Does the carrier you would be using in Colombia use SIM cards to access their network? If so, get the AT&T model. All iPads are unlocked so you can use it in South America.

Verizon Ipad Dropping LTE Signal

Dear Community,
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Im planning to buy my first ipad, the thing is I live most part of year in latin america, just few months in the states, so i need to buy an ipad that can be used out of the states normaly, i mean to use a data plan for a non-american provider (nor tyt, verizon, tmobile, sprint cause they doesnt work in latin america).
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Using Verizon Messages app on iPad mini: Accessing Verizon contact list

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Usb tether pc to ipad 4g

I have turned on the personal hotspot in my new ipad 4g (verizon) and selected "usb only" and followed the instruction to connect to my pc.
I connected the usb cable to my laptop which is running windows vista.
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I have turned off the wireless radio in the ipad, but still do not see "ipad" in the network discovery.
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well, updated itunes on laptop to newest version 10
tried to do a usb tether to the ipad 4g again, same results, the laptop (windows/vista) doesn not see the ipad on network and sharing center.
when I first connect the ipad to the laptop, itunes starts and connects to the ipad (this also happened with the old version 9) for syncing or transfering files.
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searching internet I am a little surprised that out of thousands of hits, no one anywhere appears to have ever done this, I see references to a lot of usb tethering to iphones or ipods or apple computers but nothing about using the ipad's cellular connection as a usb hotspot to be used by a windows pc machine.
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Disclaimer - For me the Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico my first language is Spanish. I do not speak English, however I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture very different from that found in most 1st world nations, such as that in the two dominant North American countries. Written language has no tone. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
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Contact Apple Support http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/contact/
 Cheers, Tom

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1807
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