I am loving this "Millenicom"
We have been used to Cable Internet in the stick house and so moving into the RV as fulltimers but still working Internet based jobs, I found that we were getting very restricted Internet services from campground WiFi. Especially as more and more of the stuff that we use is now "cloud based" and relies upon having a healthy chunk of bandwidth.
Initially I set up the AT&T phone as a hotspot and applaude AT&T on their excellent coverage and speed - but 4GB just isn't enough for what we need.
Campgrounds vary significantly and all of them become almost unusable after 4pm when everyone needs to get online.
I then looked at Millenicom and they have a 20GB package with a hotspot on Verizon and I have heard good things about Verizon services. However, after monitoring a day's worth of use, I realized that we need around 1GB a day for everything that we do work wise.
So after some investigation, I purchased a Sprint Tri-Fi hotspot from eBay and signed up with the Millenicom BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) which operates on the Sprint network and has 'unlimited' bandwidth for $70 a month. Of course it isn't unlimited at all but capped at 50GB a month which is more than adequate for us.
I was worried about Sprint as they don't have a good reputation and my cell phone is on Sprint and suffers terribly - but the Tri Fi can switch between 3G - 4G - 4G WiMax and 4G LTE and so regardless of where we are, we can get some sort of service. In Memphis we have 4G LTE and in Nashville we have found that although they are rolling out LTE, the WiMax signal is stronger and giving us 4MBps speeds.
A 50GB data plan with AT&T or Verizon would cost over $350 a month so bravo Millenicom!
Initially I set up the AT&T phone as a hotspot and applaude AT&T on their excellent coverage and speed - but 4GB just isn't enough for what we need.
Campgrounds vary significantly and all of them become almost unusable after 4pm when everyone needs to get online.
I then looked at Millenicom and they have a 20GB package with a hotspot on Verizon and I have heard good things about Verizon services. However, after monitoring a day's worth of use, I realized that we need around 1GB a day for everything that we do work wise.
So after some investigation, I purchased a Sprint Tri-Fi hotspot from eBay and signed up with the Millenicom BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) which operates on the Sprint network and has 'unlimited' bandwidth for $70 a month. Of course it isn't unlimited at all but capped at 50GB a month which is more than adequate for us.
I was worried about Sprint as they don't have a good reputation and my cell phone is on Sprint and suffers terribly - but the Tri Fi can switch between 3G - 4G - 4G WiMax and 4G LTE and so regardless of where we are, we can get some sort of service. In Memphis we have 4G LTE and in Nashville we have found that although they are rolling out LTE, the WiMax signal is stronger and giving us 4MBps speeds.
A 50GB data plan with AT&T or Verizon would cost over $350 a month so bravo Millenicom!
