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Liberty coach wifi & internet
I decided to start a new thread about this since the last one had gone stale and was too long.
I recently recieved my monthly billing from Liberty for the internet access charge. However this one had some overage that I have never had before. I inquired with Lesa about it and she said they were having a meeting with Verizon soon and that she would get back to me after that meeting took place. She indicated that they were not getting everything they needed from Verizon.
Today, I got an email from her stating that they were working on a program that would get usage info from the Cradlepoint router in my coach (as well as other Liberty coaches on the internet program). She did not have much more info than that, but said Frank was working on it. They also removed the overage charge from my bill.
If you have the internet access setup with Liberty Coach, you will likely hear something soon as well. I have been very happy with the arrangement, just not happy with the lack of access to know how much data we were actually using, and when. If this works the way I hope it will, it should satisfy all of my concerns, and allow us to never go over the 10gb allowance without advance warning.
I really like having remote access to the coach’s Crestron system. Makes it much more handy to get updates installed since you don’t always have to travel somewhere for them. It is also very handy to check the status of air conditioning and other coach systems when you are not at the coach.
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do you pay Liberty for the 10GB allowance?
and how do you manage not to exceed it?
we do typically consume 50-100 GB per month. But that is due to the fact that we do live in our bus,
conduct our business from the bus and do stream HD movies, w h e n we watch TV.
If the cost and a 10GB limit is of concern, check out Millenicom.
Various plans starting with a
6GB plan for $35
10GB for $50
14GB for $65
18GB for $80
22GB for $95
All per month and no contract.FWIW, I am not a Millenicom customer. I am just sharing this information.
cheers,
Ronald -
We have had one of the Verizon Hotspots for years that works very Well. Quit carrying it around a couple years ago after getting the Hot Spot on the Iphone. The Old Hot Spot is metered Data. But Our Phone plan is so old that We still have Unlimited Data. Which They have tried to talk us out of several times by offering Us a new iphone for 99 Bucks or so. They will eventually get everyone on a Metered Data program. Some of the large providers have been busted Throttling back peoples Data Speed once they get to a certain amout used in a Month. I have a Samsung LED Smart TV in My Coach with a HDMI to iPhone or Ipad Converter cable which works amazing. Netflix , You Tube , Etc. I wil use the Data until We loose it ! Side Note , The newer GM ‘s Have an awesome wi-fi Module in them. Kept it on for a year and did not use it that much. Have not really crunched the numbers on the cost of the GM Verses iphone costs. If We ever get to go full time or spend several months a year in the Coach ? I will look at that option.
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10gb per month is what Liberty offers it’s customers. That is normally fine for us as we never stream video and do not live in the coach other than when on vacation. At home it sits in the garage and we don’t use any internet while it is parked, unless something like an iPad does an update. All we do is email and web browsing and some small file transfers. We have never gone over until the last billing, which they took care of.
The reason the Liberty plan is a keeper is that it gives us a static ip. It is how we get remote access to the bus. This works very well. If we were to switch to a private plan, Verizon charges $5000 for a static ip on a regular account, which is crazy.
We are not data hogs as we are on metered satellite internet at home as there is nothing else available where we live that is any better….no DSL, no cable.
So, as long as they can get a way to monitor the data usage so we know how much we have used, we will be fine.
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Even if you don’t have a static ip – depending on your equipment you might be able to use a dynamic dns setup. It’s how most of the webcams etc… work. You’d have to have a server or something in the bus to update when and if your ip changes though…. heck, if all you have was a webcam that did it, you’d be in there. -
The whole idea is to be able to do pretty much anything that the Crestron system is capable of doing. That is why they set it up that way.
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Mark,
I’ve not heard anything and as you know I had the original problem. I bought a new router that I control and have reporting capabilities through Cradlepoint. It also has a slot for a second SIM card. I’ve ended up keeping the Liberty arrangement because they have programmed their Static IP address into the Crestron. Without that address, as in using DynamicDNS, the cameras don’t work.
The Crestron guy at Jeff’s found a problem where data was being used to watch the cameras as the system sent the video out and back over cellular, which is totally unnecessary. I brought it up to Frank, who acknowledged the problem, but never got a reply with a solution.
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I emailed Lesa a week or so ago and asked if they had the program for monitoring finished. She said not yet, and had no date to share for it getting done. I hope they get it done soon. One less thing to worry about if they can let us know if we are getting close to the 10gb cap.
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It’s probably because they have so many to manage. I set mine up in about 10 minutes to report when I use 1GB in a day and 10GB total. That still doesn’t affect the supposedly shared bucket data that we should have available.
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