jl
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Post by jl on Feb 16, 2024 15:04:44 GMT -5
I'm wondering about adding on a wi-fi antenna and / or using (purchasing) cell service adapters (netgear, t-mobile, solir) and the likes. Worth it, or waste of money. My connectivity is fairly important to our clan, and have found that most campgrounds don't have very adequate service(s) when in remote areas of the grounds, or highly used times of year. I'm not looking for specifics on services, (maybe I am) but reliability when driving, and visiting remote west mid-west and western areas of the country. **Johnny5 .. seeking input.  Thanks in advance. JL |
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Post by rvcouple on Feb 29, 2024 16:14:49 GMT -5
Not sure about mid-west or west, but east of the Mississippi, the issues are pretty much the same. Very few campground have good WiFi coverage and if they do, the Mbs rate is usually pretty low and gets much worse when many are on. The only campground I've been at that had great WiFi6 coverage all over the campground was Wild Acadia Camping Resort. Before that we were at the White Mountain National Forest Dolly Copp campground in NH and there was no WiFi and no cell service. Most places are closer to Dolly Copp than Wild Acadia.
We upgraded our Verizon cell service to unlimited data and WiFi hotspots. That has worked much better than depending on campground provided WiFi services for laptops and tablets.
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Post by capemayal on Mar 1, 2024 8:20:01 GMT -5
I'm wondering about adding on a wi-fi antenna and / or using (purchasing) cell service adapters (netgear, t-mobile, solir) and the likes. Worth it, or waste of money. My connectivity is fairly important to our clan, and have found that most campgrounds don't have very adequate service(s) when in remote areas of the grounds, or highly used times of year. I'm not looking for specifics on services, (maybe I am) but reliability when driving, and visiting remote west mid-west and western areas of the country. **Johnny5 .. seeking input. Thanks in advance. JL I would suggest Calyx Institute for true unlimited wifi. It works over cellular with a build in wi-fi. I have been using them for 3 years with no problems at all. $50/month including the modem |
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jl
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Post by jl on Mar 2, 2024 14:27:19 GMT -5
Can you start/stop services at will? I don't wish to pay for services that I don't use during our non-travel times. **Not a full timer, so we come / go as we wish.
Thanks
jl
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Post by capemayal on Mar 2, 2024 15:33:01 GMT -5
I'm wondering about adding on a wi-fi antenna and / or using (purchasing) cell service adapters (netgear, t-mobile, solir) and the likes. Worth it, or waste of money. My connectivity is fairly important to our clan, and have found that most campgrounds don't have very adequate service(s) when in remote areas of the grounds, or highly used times of year. I'm not looking for specifics on services, (maybe I am) but reliability when driving, and visiting remote west mid-west and western areas of the country. **Johnny5 .. seeking input. Thanks in advance. JL |
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Post by capemayal on Mar 2, 2024 15:35:58 GMT -5
The charge for the cheapest service which is what I have and I'm extremely happy with it, is $50 a month paid by the quarter. That also includes the device which has the cell service and the Wi-Fi built into it I take mine with me in the car so I always have access to email and I can use Google maps with it too and Android auto on the car. If you don't want to continue with it you would always already have paid for 3 months. Just don't pay it again to continue one. The modem is yours to keep regardless. Like I said, I'm extremely happy with mine. I use because of business I do, at least 400 gigs a month if not more. As long as your modem can get the tower, you're online if you want to be. I'm wondering about adding on a wi-fi antenna and / or using (purchasing) cell service adapters (netgear, t-mobile, solir) and the likes. Worth it, or waste of money. My connectivity is fairly important to our clan, and have found that most campgrounds don't have very adequate service(s) when in remote areas of the grounds, or highly used times of year. I'm not looking for specifics on services, (maybe I am) but reliability when driving, and visiting remote west mid-west and western areas of the country. **Johnny5 .. seeking input. Thanks in advance. JL |
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Post by rvcouple on Mar 6, 2024 17:45:44 GMT -5
The charge for the cheapest service which is what I have and I'm extremely happy with it, is $50 a month paid by the quarter. That also includes the device which has the cell service and the Wi-Fi built into it I take mine with me in the car so I always have access to email and I can use Google maps with it too and Android auto on the car. If you don't want to continue with it you would always already have paid for 3 months. Just don't pay it again to continue one. The modem is yours to keep regardless. Like I said, I'm extremely happy with mine. I use because of business I do, at least 400 gigs a month if not more. As long as your modem can get the tower, you're online if you want to be. I'm not sure what this service is. Does it use cell service to provide WiFi? If that's the case, why not just add hotspots to your cell phone? I can't see how it could have cell service and provide WiFi if I can't get cell service on my phone. Maybe I'm not understanding how this works. |
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Post by capemayal on Mar 6, 2024 17:58:12 GMT -5
The system works on T-Mobile cellular. It receives the cell signal, then broadcasts it via wifi (hotspot). This is all in one device about the size of a pack of cigarettes. As far as not having cell service on your phone would depend on your provider and their tower locations. Any cellular device is subject to that limitation. This could happen with the system I'm am using and proposing for you. In my case in my travels I've not had any problems. Since I've had my service I've not had a problem up and down the east coast in into the mid-west. I use Verizon for my cell phone. You do not have to use T-Mobile with your cell phone for this service. One good thing about the system is that it will support up to 16 devices as well as providing a guest mode. calyxinstitute.org/ is the link for the system. Al |
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Post by rvcouple on Mar 13, 2024 19:35:36 GMT -5
The system works on T-Mobile cellular. It receives the cell signal, then broadcasts it via wifi (hotspot). This is all in one device about the size of a pack of cigarettes. As far as not having cell service on your phone would depend on your provider and their tower locations. Any cellular device is subject to that limitation. This could happen with the system I'm am using and proposing for you. In my case in my travels I've not had any problems. Since I've had my service I've not had a problem up and down the east coast in into the mid-west. I use Verizon for my cell phone. You do not have to use T-Mobile with your cell phone for this service. One good thing about the system is that it will support up to 16 devices as well as providing a guest mode. calyxinstitute.org/ is the link for the system. Al Sounds like the Brick we used to have with Verizon. It had a cell phone number but only functioned as a WiFi device. We dropped that third device from our plan, added unlimited data to our phones and WiFi hotspot. The WiFi is only about $10 a month. Not sure what moving up from 4G to unlimited data cost, but it sure helped when we traveled and didn't have the home WiFi to connect into when doing streaming, Google Maps, etc. on the phones. The phones supply just as good of WiFi as the dedicated brick did and is cheaper. Love not having to depend on the really spotty WiFi available in most campgrounds. |
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