How to stream video while on the road
We have Netflix and Amazon Prime at home and find that there are good series on both that aren't available elsewhere. They use our Wifi router. The Wifi in campgrounds is way too limited in bandwidt...
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The problem comes for us that only VERIZON has the coverage almost everywhere where the others do not... I think the others are getting better with nationwide coverage but still doesn't work as good as Verizon at the places we go to here on the East side of the USA.
The shinning light of course was the MILLENICOM setup but VERIZON bought them out and then promptly shut down all of the high available dataplans...
In our camping mode we are just able to get enough data from VERIZON MIFI setup to check emails, keep in touch with the kids, and pay a few on-line bills. This is all done using the grandfathered VERIZON MIFI 3GB 'hotspot' dataplan for around $30 a month... Now we have to pay VERIZON an additional $20 per line extra with our smart mode cellphones on our account. Only one of my account cellphones has a working 'HOTSPOT' feature which never goes camping with us. Stays with the kids at home.
Kept hoping someone would figure out how to offer cheap data available to most of the USA areas but hasn't happened for us at any rate...
We have never had any luck depending on the available WIFI hotspots connected with the various campgrounds. The start out working good but goes south real quick when the campgrounds start filling up after dark. Our shinning light has been the VERIZON MIFI HOTSPOT coverage.
Now VERIZON has decided to start charging higher usage fees hoping I'm guessing to clear out all of us grandfathered guys...
Since the scheme of things looks like it may be going back to having lots of down streaming data once again like T-MOBILE is offering perhaps it may get back to the way it was only a few years back with more usable unlimitied data available for safe down-streaming of things.
Still hanging in there haha... Thank goodness the digital mode 'FREE to Public' CLEAR HDTV still works pretty good using the OTA BATWING antenna pointing at the local towns. We get enough of those channels to satisfy our HDTV and Movies needs... There is also DVD players...
Roy Ken
The shinning light of course was the MILLENICOM setup but VERIZON bought them out and then promptly shut down all of the high available dataplans...
In our camping mode we are just able to get enough data from VERIZON MIFI setup to check emails, keep in touch with the kids, and pay a few on-line bills. This is all done using the grandfathered VERIZON MIFI 3GB 'hotspot' dataplan for around $30 a month... Now we have to pay VERIZON an additional $20 per line extra with our smart mode cellphones on our account. Only one of my account cellphones has a working 'HOTSPOT' feature which never goes camping with us. Stays with the kids at home.
Kept hoping someone would figure out how to offer cheap data available to most of the USA areas but hasn't happened for us at any rate...
We have never had any luck depending on the available WIFI hotspots connected with the various campgrounds. The start out working good but goes south real quick when the campgrounds start filling up after dark. Our shinning light has been the VERIZON MIFI HOTSPOT coverage.
Now VERIZON has decided to start charging higher usage fees hoping I'm guessing to clear out all of us grandfathered guys...
Since the scheme of things looks like it may be going back to having lots of down streaming data once again like T-MOBILE is offering perhaps it may get back to the way it was only a few years back with more usable unlimitied data available for safe down-streaming of things.
Still hanging in there haha... Thank goodness the digital mode 'FREE to Public' CLEAR HDTV still works pretty good using the OTA BATWING antenna pointing at the local towns. We get enough of those channels to satisfy our HDTV and Movies needs... There is also DVD players...
Roy Ken
