StraightTalk Hotspot Experience
We took a longish trip this summer, traveling from Florida to Washington State and back stopping at the sights along the way. We put about 15k miles on our TV, much less on the trailer. Here's my ...
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I was definitely looking for a cheaper alternative to Verizon. We have to operate on a retiree's budget. Internet connectivity is not worth $100 plus overages each month to me. We hoped for cheaper and more predictable billing. We didn't succeed.
But that said, we had very weak cell service in the west generally,(WY,UT,MT,ID,OR,WA,SD,MN) unless we were near a reasonably sized city which we tend to avoid. Maybe it's the mountains?
When we stayed in Colter Bay RV Park in the Grand Tetons we could get cell service in our campsite before 8am and usually after about 5pm but during the day it was very sporadic. I attributed this to overloaded switches. The hotspot didn't work at all there.
We had no cell service at Buckboard Crossing near Flaming Gorge, Wy, Buttermilk Campground, in Island Park, ID, Collier Memorial near Chiloquin, OR, Denny Creek in Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Trout Creek near Thompson Falls, MT, Wapiti Campground, WY, Red Cliffs Campground in Gallatin NF, MT, Sibley Lake Campground in Big Horn NF, WY Etc. Sporadic cell service in Yellowstone NP (don't count on cell for emergencies there) and Craters of the Moon.
We had good cell service and the hotspot worked when we were camped 20 miles southeast of Nashville, near Minneapolis, near Cheyenne, etc.
But that said, we had very weak cell service in the west generally,(WY,UT,MT,ID,OR,WA,SD,MN) unless we were near a reasonably sized city which we tend to avoid. Maybe it's the mountains?
When we stayed in Colter Bay RV Park in the Grand Tetons we could get cell service in our campsite before 8am and usually after about 5pm but during the day it was very sporadic. I attributed this to overloaded switches. The hotspot didn't work at all there.
We had no cell service at Buckboard Crossing near Flaming Gorge, Wy, Buttermilk Campground, in Island Park, ID, Collier Memorial near Chiloquin, OR, Denny Creek in Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Trout Creek near Thompson Falls, MT, Wapiti Campground, WY, Red Cliffs Campground in Gallatin NF, MT, Sibley Lake Campground in Big Horn NF, WY Etc. Sporadic cell service in Yellowstone NP (don't count on cell for emergencies there) and Craters of the Moon.
We had good cell service and the hotspot worked when we were camped 20 miles southeast of Nashville, near Minneapolis, near Cheyenne, etc.
