Millenicom
Has Millenicom priced themselves out of the market? Seems to me they have. Last fall travel season we used them and were pleased with the service. Even though we thought the $70 price a bit high proba...
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I think I did not make it clear what I am looking for. My post is not a rant about Millenicom. The few months we used them last fall we were most pleased with the service and support. Had the price stayed the same we would still use them even though we have no use for more than 5 gig a month, actually less on the road.
If they offered a package of 5 gig a month we would still be with them. We just don't want to be paying for far more data than we need.
We did try the smart phone thing a few years ago. They worked wonderfully on the road, we used a hotspot then and all was well. Once we got home for the winter they collected dust on our dresser. After three months of paying about $150 p/m for something we were not using, we sold them on ebay, paid the termination fee, and bought a prepaid Trac phone for emergency use, (wife's mother is 92).
We do use google voice, skype audio, not video since mom has no computer, so the wife can call her mom in New Zealand while on the road.
I did check with Verizon as we do have the Home Connect phone from them that replaced our landline for $20 p/m. They told me that it will work on the road if we want to take the router and phone along. We plan to try that next trip to see if it works for us and is worth the trouble.
One last point about the Verizon jetpak we have. It accepts an outside antenna. Several times last fall it was the difference in getting reception or not. From what the local Verizon folks told us, our Jetpack will work with Verizon after they change the sim card, and the new Jetpacks will not accept outside antennas with the magnetic base like we have, so we should keep what we have now.
I hope this clarifies my post, we have no issue with Millenicom or those that need that much data. It appears to me they are the cheapest around for 20 gig. We simply do not have that need and I just wondered if there is something cheaper out there.
If they offered a package of 5 gig a month we would still be with them. We just don't want to be paying for far more data than we need.
We did try the smart phone thing a few years ago. They worked wonderfully on the road, we used a hotspot then and all was well. Once we got home for the winter they collected dust on our dresser. After three months of paying about $150 p/m for something we were not using, we sold them on ebay, paid the termination fee, and bought a prepaid Trac phone for emergency use, (wife's mother is 92).
We do use google voice, skype audio, not video since mom has no computer, so the wife can call her mom in New Zealand while on the road.
I did check with Verizon as we do have the Home Connect phone from them that replaced our landline for $20 p/m. They told me that it will work on the road if we want to take the router and phone along. We plan to try that next trip to see if it works for us and is worth the trouble.
One last point about the Verizon jetpak we have. It accepts an outside antenna. Several times last fall it was the difference in getting reception or not. From what the local Verizon folks told us, our Jetpack will work with Verizon after they change the sim card, and the new Jetpacks will not accept outside antennas with the magnetic base like we have, so we should keep what we have now.
I hope this clarifies my post, we have no issue with Millenicom or those that need that much data. It appears to me they are the cheapest around for 20 gig. We simply do not have that need and I just wondered if there is something cheaper out there.
