Newbie needs help with WiFi!

pianotuna wrote:

Jas1317 wrote:


This is exactly what I need thank you. Are you a member? I’m wondering if I sign up will they give me a direct consult. I was up for hours last night reading all the free material lol.

They no longer do direct consults.

What are your needs?

What are your questions?

I need to teach courses and/or see patients on zoom approx 15 hours/week.
I also need to be able to run a monitor - video and temp - on my dogs in the camper occasionally - maybe a few hours/week.
I have a sprint phone with “unlimited data” which I now understand is not unlimited.
So it sounds like I need to purchase a hot spot (how do I do this?!) just to connect my laptop to for the purpose of zoom.
And I’m not sure what else!
My truck is a new gmc and I understand that offers hotspot service somehow - I don’t know if that’s worth it?

We've never been in a campground that had the bandwidth to allow streaming video

Maybe they exist. Plus when everyone logs on it gets even slower. Sufficient bandwidth is expensive and most campgrounds don't want to pay.

Jas1317 wrote:

Second Chance wrote:
Read and research here - they are the gurus:

RVMobileInternet.com

Rob

This is exactly what I need thank you. Are you a member? I’m wondering if I sign up will they give me a direct consult. I was up for hours last night reading all the free material lol.

No - I am not a member, but I find their free stuff to be very useful for newbies. We have a grandfathered, truly unlimited plan on a Verizon hot-spot so we're covered. As pianotuna said, what other questions do you have?

Rob

Jas1317 wrote:


This is exactly what I need thank you. Are you a member? I’m wondering if I sign up will they give me a direct consult. I was up for hours last night reading all the free material lol.

They no longer do direct consults.

What are your needs?

What are your questions?

Second Chance wrote:
Read and research here - they are the gurus:

RVMobileInternet.com

Rob

This is exactly what I need thank you. Are you a member? I’m wondering if I sign up will they give me a direct consult. I was up for hours last night reading all the free material lol.

I currently use OTR Mobile... looking into better value options, but this service works

1. find a cell company that offers the amount of high speed data you desire.

2. buy a dedicated backwards compatible 5G data device (for example, a mifi)

3. purchase a cell booster and good antenna to boost reception, a mast is a good addition to have. I used a painters pole which could be extended as necessary.

4. 25 miles is the outside limit--if you are farther away than that, the necessary "hand shaking" will time out, even with a strong signal.

5. don't use the booster unless you must--they may slow down data when there is an adequate signal.

Best option is two different Cellular Wi-Fi providers

FMCA has Tech Connect 50 /month Spring Mi-Fi UNLIMITED Data No Throttling
I also have T-Mobile 55Plus plan 72 dollars a month includes unlmited data (Throttled after so much) Voice and Messaging.

Now T-Mobile and Sprint have merged but as I travel

Some places i get good T-mobile.
Some Good Sprint (GReat in a few places)
Some both
Some ... Well not so good.

But the best option is two different providers.

What is good? Speed test hits 40 or more MbPS
What is great 80-100 MbPS
What is bad 20 or less.
What is worse ZERO

"We plan to stay at campgrounds with WiFi service but you never know how reliable that is." It won't be reliable for work purposes. Don't count on any RV park's WiFi.

"I want to be able to run a video and temperature monitor in the trailer if we ever leave our dogs." You'll need plug in power but spotty RV park WiFi may sink this plan.

Read and research here - they are the gurus:

RVMobileInternet.com

Rob