Since I travel extensively for both my hobby job i have for several years had a mobile hotspot from Sprint(Netgear) and AT&T (Sierra). This is my internet source at home as well--no cable, dish, phone or any of that stuff--not there enough to need/justify it. Two years ago I landed in Congress AZ--no signal on anything. Neighbors in Escapees North Ranch assured me that Verizon is the only game in town. Wemt to Wickenburg, got a good deal on Verizon's Jetpack mobile hotspot. Now I am very rarely without internet access.