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Mobile phone an internet service
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I do keep posting about this subject again, again and again but it seems nobody is listening or reading for that matter.
It all depends on your needs. If all you care about is email and some occasional Internet surfing, then jnust about any carrier is good. Especially, if you stay within range of metropolitan areas.
However, if you are like us, needing fast Internet for business purposes and having forgone Dish and the like because it is too expensive for what you get, then your only choice is to get your hands on a TRULY unlimited plan, with no limits and no throttling etc.
When I say Dish and DirecTV are too expensive, I mean 1) there monthly service charge of roundabout $100 and the extra $$$ you pay for watching movies. Limited selection and entirely on their time and day schedule. Plus, I could care less about the 199 channels they offer me to watch.
We put that $100 plus towards our SIM cards and now we watch Amazon Prime or Netflix on OUR time schedule as little or as often as we want. In HD.
We pull down an average of 150-250 Gigabyte per month! We do have 2 unlimited SIM’s from Verizon and AT&T. Why? Because we have travelled in areas where one or the other carrier is useless with no reception.
The other thing you want to watch out for is “ROAMING”. You may enter a roaming area and a) your speeds drop fast and b) you are being charged extra for being in a roaming area.
THERE ARE TRULY UNLIMITED SIM card deals out there. Check eBay!
I did recently purchase a backup and have actually been using it in our Cradlepoint multi SIM and LTE modem router. It is on 24/7/365 – I do average 35/50 down and about half that up.
To repeat myself, if your needs are modest, i.e. 5-10-15-20 GB per month, then just about any carrier can be your choice. Especially, if you travel within reach of metropolitan areas.
If you need coverage “anywhere and everywhere” and you want to stream movies when and (almost) wherever you are, then you do either have to try to purchase a large pot of data ($$$$$) or, you go on eBay and buy (rent) a SIM.
Finally, do not forget about OTA TV (Over The Air) reception TV. You will have to buy a rooftop OTA antenna for about $300 but it will pull in OTA digital channels almost anywhere you travel. We average 7-20 channels, depending on location.
End of rant.
Cheers,
Ronald
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Ronald, our setup is either exactly the same or at least very similar. The results are outstanding.
We kept Dish as we use it in the house and move the Hopper and Joey to the bus when we travel. Sometimes, like when I’m at Jeff’s (ETLC) and my better half is at home, I just use Dish Anywhere (streaming) to get all the Dish channels without having the Hopper and Joey on the bus. Of course, smart TVs are required for Dish Anywhere.
Having a dual SIM unit with AT&T/Verizon keeps us connected virtually anywhere. We also use discounted gift cards to further reduce our mobile account cost. While we need this level of connectivity for business, it also gives us great access to all the streaming apps. For instance, should weather block the Dish signal, many times I can go to an app and finish watching a live broadcast.
We don’t have a Dish tuner for the basement/outdoor TV. I just use Dish Anywhere to stream, via our high speed bus network, to the TV. It is very quick since it only goes from the bus Trav’ler – Dish Hopper – WiFi to the TV.
Like you, satellite is no longer a requirement. If we did not already have it for the house, we might not bother with it.
Also, there really is no need for an in-motion dish. Streaming solves that problem. We frequently run with music via Amazon Prime Music or Pandora.
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I think you would be really happy with the T-Mobile program we have Try it for a month if you don’t like it cancel it no harm no fowl only cost you 89.95 no tax just the flat rate if you like it just continue on month to month until you say stop.
Dave Ward
NTCS
321-607-4273
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I have tried it this past year under another contract….No success for me…my shop and the other travels left me with very slow or no service…Just my experience
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Sorry to here that what part of the country.
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TN, GA, FL some areas it worked however the speeds sucked that is with external antenna…
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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This service runs on the AT&T network. Decent coverage and great speeds most of the time.
I know as much about this service as you will when or after you checked out their website.
I learned about this on http://www.rvmobileinternet.com a service I subscribe to.
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I read a news report this morning sprint and T-mobile are merging.
May or may not make a difference.
Jim Brown
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Let’s hope it does! T-Mobile data service sucks. I have been using mobile Internet services (true fulltimer) for almost 20 years. I “had” used Verizon almost exclusively for most of that time with great success. I moved to T-Mobile for the savings. Seriously, I saved about 1/2 but I only got 1/4 the service. I spend more on liquor each month than I do internet service and I changed to crappy service for what?
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My brothers boy is a big wig at T-Mobile corporate and gave his mom and dad (my brother) T-Mobile free. A week later my brother switched back to AT&T saying “free isn’t so good if you can’t talk to anyone. I doubt if the purchase of Sprint is going to help things much. You will spend all your time saying “Can you hear me”?
Harry
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FMCA just came out with a new Data plan with T-Mobile and Verizon Verizon is a 2 year contract 25 gig 4 g network plan with throttle down after the 25gig for $49.95 T-Mobile is $49.95 per month Data only with no Throttle down but does not support streaming Our new plan is Unlimited data Unlimited Streaming absolutely no Throttle down. We are looking for 5 or 6 people who would work with us using the new plan and we would only charge our cost and on a month to month bases so we can see how good or bad the service is. If anyone is interested please let me know thanks.
Dave
NTCS
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It it was anything other than T-Mobile I think that would be an OK deal but we have spent too much time along the MI and CA coasts in the last couple of years. The service is just terrible compared to the service we had when we were Verizon customers. Luckily, we have an AT&T MiFi to keep us connected.
If you only travel near big cities then the T-Mobile service should be just fine.
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thank you for your input
Dave
NTCS
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