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What is the Difference Between Carrier, Registered Carrier, and Home Carrier?

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The Network Interfaces view in NetCloud Manager has multiple Carrier fields, what is the difference between them and what do they mean?

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  • Registered Carrier: Carrier of the currently connected cell tower
  • Home Carrier: Carrier of your SIM card
  • Carrier: This will display the Registered Carrier, if available. Otherwise, it will display the Home Carrier
  • Example: If you have a T-Mobile SIM card but are Roaming using a tower operated by AT&T, the Registered Carrier would say "AT&T", but Home Carrier will say "T-Mobile".
  • Registered Carrier and Home Carrier are also displayed in the local interface of the router under Status > Internet > Connections
  • Registered Carrier and Home Carrier are displayed in the Local Interface in Status > Internet > Connections