Re: Internet Service while Traveling
Reply #25 –
We use Verizon as well. We have a mifi device from them which gets us internet over Verizon and them provides an internal wifi network for laptops, tablets, phones, printers, etc. Verizon's coverage in general seems much more wide spread than ATT's. 4G LTE is available in most bigger cities and a lot of medium to smaller cities as well. Internet access is great with 4G. If you can't get 4G and get a fairly strong 3G signal it works pretty well, just slower. Anything less than 3G and you can do email and text msg sometimes. Slow is so much better than nothing witch was all we seemed to get from ATT.
The mifi devices let you connect 10 things at 4G, 5 at 3G and about 3 with less connection than that. (Verizon °) Sort of limits your wifi network. There are wireless routers out there that will use the mifi device as their internet access point and then create a wifi network of their own. We do that sometimes as well.
If we are not traveling we set the data plan on Verizon to 1 GB. When traveling we up it to 8-10 GB per month. Never enough for streaming though. An HD movie can be 4-5 GB. Verizon suggested that I call when I want to change my plan. Increase data at any time. Decrease only at the end of a billing cycle to avoid the prorating nightmare. You can increase you data today and tell them to decrease it in 6 weeks, for example, at the end of your billing cycle a month and a half out. That way you don't forget to do it. Always best to call was their suggestion.
Like Jeff, I go through that unconnected panic, anguish, frustration, trying it twenty times routine. Then I remember I brought several good Kindle or physical books and lots of our favorite DVDs. And then there is a bike trail or a hiking trail or something to explore or a camping neighbor who looks like a conversation ready to happen. Thirty five years ago when we started this RV thing we stood in line at the pay phone. Every trip reduces the time it takes to leave the homeworld at home and just enjoy where we are and each other at that moment.
Roger and Susan
Topic: Internet Service while Traveling