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Ellsworth1943

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Need some help in choosing a portable internet service.
After 5 years we have finally sold our homestead. We are going to spend the rest of our time living in an RV and traveling the country.
Not up on this kind of stuff, so would appreciate any help.
Would like to continue to use my lap top. Don't do well with a phone. The key board is to small for my large fingers.
 
Tommy379

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Verizon has unlimited data now, and you can get a mobile wifi hot spot for it.
 
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Ellsworth1943

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Tommy379 said:
Verizon has unlimited data now, and you can get a mobile wifi hot spot for it.
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Any idea the cost?
I only need a couple of hours a day.
 
Tommy379

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It's $80 a month for the plan.
 
preacher4truth

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Yep, Verizon hot spot is super fast too.
 
Lynx

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I use my phone's hotspot as my primary internet connection. I have the AT&T prepaid plan, $45 a month, gives me 6 gig per month high speed before slowing down to a crawl - technically unlimited internet, just a limit on how much high speed per month.

Different plans for different people. I recommend looking at different providers' coverage maps for the territory you plan to inhabit, then looking at carriers' different plans and picking the one that suits you best.
 
Tommy379

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Lynx said:
I use my phone's hotspot as my primary internet connection. I have the AT&T prepaid plan, $45 a month, gives me 6 gig per month high speed before slowing down to a crawl - technically unlimited internet, just a limit on how much high speed per month.

Different plans for different people. I recommend looking at different providers' coverage maps for the territory you plan to inhabit, then looking at carriers' different plans and picking the one that suits you best.
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I'm a data hog. I could blow through 6 gig in one evening of youtube binging. The Verizon doesn't slow down. Oh I forgot..... I don't need a separate device for wifi. My phone works as a hotspot.
 
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Ellsworth1943

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Lynx said:
I use my phone's hotspot as my primary internet connection. I have the AT&T prepaid plan, $45 a month, gives me 6 gig per month high speed before slowing down to a crawl - technically unlimited internet, just a limit on how much high speed per month.

Different plans for different people. I recommend looking at different providers' coverage maps for the territory you plan to inhabit, then looking at carriers' different plans and picking the one that suits you best.
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My wife tried AT&T several years ago.
Not happy with their service. Nearly impossible to speak with anyone who could help when needed.
 
Tommy379

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Ellsworth1943 said:
My wife tried AT&T several years ago.
Not happy with their service. Nearly impossible to speak with anyone who could help when needed.
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I don't know where you're at, but AT&T doesn't cover my area of Virginia.
 
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Ellsworth1943

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Tommy379 said:
I don't know where you're at, but AT&T doesn't cover my area of Virginia.
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We are in Northern Arizona at this time.
After she got the service, we changed banks and debit cards.
They could never update the account and after 6 months of repeated calls (some times talking to 4 or 5 people) we just canceled the account.
 
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Ellsworth1943

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Lynx said:
I use my phone's hotspot as my primary internet connection. I have the AT&T prepaid plan, $45 a month, gives me 6 gig per month high speed before slowing down to a crawl - technically unlimited internet, just a limit on how much high speed per month.

Different plans for different people. I recommend looking at different providers' coverage maps for the territory you plan to inhabit, then looking at carriers' different plans and picking the one that suits you best.
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Coverage area is not a big issue. If it is there we will us it, if not , no big deal.
We plan to spend a lot of time off the grid, back country, national forest.
 
Tommy379

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Ellsworth1943 said:
Coverage area is not a big issue. If it is there we will us it, if not , no big deal.
We plan to spend a lot of time off the grid, back country, national forest.
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Living the dream.
 
Lynx

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Tommy379 said:
I'm a data hog. I could blow through 6 gig in one evening of youtube binging. The Verizon doesn't slow down. Oh I forgot..... I don't need a separate device for wifi. My phone works as a hotspot.
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Yeah, you probably would want to get their $90 a month service.

Actually I blow through a lot of data too... downloading on my workplace wifi. If it weren't for that, I also would need the $90 a month option.
 
Lynx

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Ellsworth1943 said:
My wife tried AT&T several years ago.
Not happy with their service. Nearly impossible to speak with anyone who could help when needed.
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You're not going to believe this... an acquaintance of mine does IT support and worked with some AT&T stuff a few months ago. They still keep account information in Excel spreadsheets. Lots and lots of them.

I told you you wouldn't believe it. I'm not sure I believe it either, but my friend swore it was true.
 
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Ellsworth1943 said:
Coverage area is not a big issue. If it is there we will us it, if not , no big deal.
We plan to spend a lot of time off the grid, back country, national forest.
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Seriously? RVing. Full-time. Travel everywhere. And yet, "forest" not fishing lakes? :eek:

You missed our retirement dream by one detail. Guess which one? lol
 
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Ellsworth1943

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Seriously? RVing. Full-time. Travel everywhere. And yet, "forest" not fishing lakes? :eek:

You missed our retirement dream by one detail. Guess which one? lol
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Don't worry, there are a lot of streams and lakes in the national forest.
I plan on fresh caught fish for supper several times a week.:rolleyes:
 
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Ellsworth1943 said:
Don't worry, there are a lot of streams and lakes in the national forest.
I plan on fresh caught fish for supper several times a week.:rolleyes:
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Three lakes planned when we had these plans. (We both became disabled, so retirement-plan fell away a while ago.) Please consider them in your travels. And I'll place them from closest-to-you to furthest-away.

-- Lake Mead. (The only reason I can think of for why anyone would ever want to go to Las Vegas.)

-- Lake Winnebago, just because we planned our RV as a Winnebago, so it seemed only right.

-- Lake-in-the-Woods, which is in Canada, however, I saw a fishing show once, when the man landed a 21 pound pike, but it clearly showed another pike was trying to eat that fish right as it was coming out of the water. I want to land a fish big enough to consider a 21 pound pike as "bait."

Bonus points: Land that fish, and you have dinner for two weeks straight. lol
 
Huckleberry

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Just stop at McDonalds and have lunch once in a while.
Free wifi.
 
Lynx

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Free WiFi as long as your stomach holds out...
 
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