WiFi - internet while RVing?
So lets suppose you're in your RV in the Colorado mountains forest land miles and miles and miles from the nearest human. One question - how do you get internet if you're that far from civilization?
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- Only from a satellite contract.
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- I use the VERIZON NETWORK MIFI unit which works all over the USA but does have a few NO SERVICE spots. If my VERIZON cell picks up a cell phone service then my VERIZON MIFI unit will allow my WIFI ENABLED device connections to get on the Internet.
Having used the VERIZON NETWORK back in my working years which took me all over the USA way off the beaten paths. This has proved to be the best network to accomplish this in my opinion.
Roy Ken - We're in mountains all the time and used a Verizon air card and now Verizon's Jetpack. Rarely have no service nowdays.
- Trick question. There would never be any wifi out in the boonies.
- Pick up a copy of the book THE MOBILE INTERNET HANDBOOK by Chris Dunphy & Cherie Ve Ard.
- X 2 on the Verizon MiFi device. It's worked for me in some really remote places. But the mountains of CO I don't know.
- If you can pick up a cell signal then you would be able to use one of the cellphone based internet services. Either using a cellphone or an aircard to access the cellphone network.
Otherwise you would need to use a satellite based internet service. Hughesnet, Dishnet, Echonet...etc. - We use Hughes Net. It's initial expense is high and speeds leave some to be desired, but in the conditions you describe, it's one of the only ways that work. For those on major roads Verizon is OK, but get 30 miles of I-10 in west Texas, or off major routes in the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, and MANY other places there's just nothing else. We go to Alaska every other year and 10 miles out of town up there you're usually out of everything. Only problem with Hughes is that they tell me their Gen4 doesn't work for a mobile setup, and what satellite you're on makes a big difference.
We found Hughes assigned satellites by your billing zip code and an east coast satellite for an Alaska trip just would not work. We buy our service from Mobile Satellite Technologies, a Hughes reseller, but I don't pay any more for it and I'm on 127W which is the only usable satellite when in Alaska.
