Newbie boondocker seeks LTVA with internet

JFNM wrote:
Howdy outwestbound,

In my 5 years of experience in the SW (and mountain west), you can forget about wifi (if actually boondocking and not close to a town). However; Verizon cellular is fairly good. I like to get way away so I often end up using a cellular amplifier and external antenna. My antenna is on a 20' extending pole and occasionally it has to go way up to get a signal. There are definitely places where no signal exists - especially in "low spots" (canyons and such). About all you can do is scout out those places and check the signal. I've had to pass on more than a few great spots as there was no signal (and I also must have signal due to work).

Edit: Great Job on the solar!!!

Thanks JFNM. I posted this in another forum also. I suspect many are responding for typical BLM land, not LTVA - long term visitor areas. The LTVA are good for 7 months for like $180. I hear ya on wifi - that's out. For cellular, I have Verizon's unlimited, which throttles me to 3G after 10GB of LTE, which is ok I guess, since much of what I'd receive is 3G anyway (I assume). I had been doing 40GB 4G LTE for $244/mo, so the $130/mo "unlimited" plan was to save money.

Love my solar; 2 serial arrays of 3 panels each, two 50amp, 150 volt controllers that make about 250AH/day with decent sun for 5 hours.

I suspect I'd be fine in "BLM" areas with just my 4" stuffy antenna. BUT (and I'm not sure yet), I suspect that if I'm in LTVA areas, that I'll end up with a pole rig antenna like yours.

Is your pole mounted antenna directional or omnidirectional? I'm lazy, so I'd like to stay with omnidirectional, like the Wilson Trucker OTR antenna. But if necessary, I guess I'd mount a directional antenna on my batwing, so I could turn it around from inside the fifth wheel or I guess turning a pole mount isn't that bid a deal, as long as an app says which direction to point it.