Internet Access at Michigan State Parks

pdubuc wrote:
Thank you all for your responses. It's starting to sound like it may be that I am using Apple products. My husband also has an iPhone and he's having the same problem that I am. For those of you that are getting a strong enough signal AND can use your phone as a hotspot to give your laptop internet access, please let me know what phone and what service provider you have.

Also, one post mentioned a Booster - what's that? Another question - would a mobile hotspot like one from Verizon work better than using a cell phone? Do they have a more reliable signal/better antenna?

I use an LG G2, with Verizon to act as a hot spot. I also have an "ellipsis jetpack" hotspot that I put the card from my phone into sometimes, esp if I'm camping more than a day or two.

As for the booster, I use a Wilson Sleek 4G (for Verizon)... I bought it when it first came out for $99, now they're almost $200 (bummer, I wanted to get another but not at that price)

Is using a jetpack instead of a phone better? Not in my opinion, maybe worse in some cases. If you're closer to a Canadian tower than an American one, there's no way I know of to tell the jetpack to connect to the American tower. With the phone, you can disable international mode and tell it you dont want foreign roaming. The advantage is, you can leave the jetpack in the booster, and take your phone with you and not interrupt the Internet.