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mikeleblanc413's avatar
Dec 12, 2014

Millenicom Alternative?

Millenicom worked well for the six months I enjoyed it! I'm looking for something inexpensive and month to month that I can use when traveling. Doesn't need to be a lot of gigs; simply something that would give me access when needed. All comments appreciated.

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  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Mike - The Verizon network is really the best for camping off the power grid... Very few places we have been to where it doesn't work. In my working years that was all we used working on far out NAVY SHore stations. Wifes family is buried in GOBER TX and found the Verizon was not very good there haha... We lived in the Wichita Falls area in the 60s and 70s...

    Verizon MIFI is gangbusters up at the Wichita Mtns Wildlife Refuge at Medicine Park (Lawton area) OKLA...

    Let us know what you find... I may be wanting to get something to supplement my watching HDTV from the OTA Natl Broadcast Network... Sure like the FREE stuff...

    Roy Ken
  • You can put the Verizon device on vacation up to 2x a year and suspend billing. Check on www.verizonwireless.com
    Verizon also has a pay as you go plan.
  • THANKS to all for your comments. RoyKen, know exactly what you're talking about! Worked at an RV Park in Montana (at the East Gate of Glacier National Park) this summer and saw people fight every day with the slowness of the park internet. Was very glad I had Millenicom.
  • RV Mobile Internet Resource Center has had several articles in regards to the Millenicom situation.
    mikeleblanc413 wrote:
    Millenicom worked well for the six months I enjoyed it! I'm looking for something inexpensive and month to month that I can use when traveling. Doesn't need to be a lot of gigs; simply something that would give me access when needed. All comments appreciated.
  • The Straight Talk hotspot (U240C) available at Walmart uses the Verizon network. Not fast, but the price is hard to beat. Works well for email and simple web browsing.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    This might be of interest to you...
    MILLENICOM ALTERNATIVES

    We use the VERIZON 3GB MIFI DATA plan and it provides for our small internet use. This is a yearly subscription plan...

    This is billed as a separate item along with our WIRELESS CELLPHONE plan.

    This is just used for keeping in touch with the kids, pay some bills on-line, and some surfing of the internet. We have never gone over our 3GB limit. This connects up to five WIFI enabled devices such as our laptops and tablets.

    I am grandfathered in form several years back and get a low monthly rate. I think VERIZON has a 5GB MIFI plan for around $60 a month.

    I could almost get by with just my smart phone but that would tie up my cellphone just for that...

    I was just starting to think the MILLENICOM PLAN was going to be my next thing to play with as we might want to start downstreaming some TV programs but then the sold out to VERIZON a few months ago. I would need at least a 20GB DATA PLAN to start dwonstreaming anything...

    ALot of folks like me really talk good about the VERIZON MIFI JET PACK plan - you might check into that...

    Depending on WIFI from any strange source was never a good option for me to consider. Alot of folks do just that however...

    Roy Ken

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