Wifi in remote areas
We are back to camping after several years out. We are going to be in remote locations and need to do basic Internet work. Any better solutions out there than a Verizon Jetpack? Any antenna we can pu...
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pianotuna wrote:
The problem with cell connections is distance. You can get an antenna that will dredge up a signal--perhaps even 2 or 3 bars. BUT the range is limited to about 25 miles. Anything farther away and the "hand shaking" times out.
The other problem with cell service in remote areas is that if you're 20 miles from the nearest tower, that same tower is also serving a lot of other people, so you may get very limited bandwidth even if you have good signal strength. This is especially the case in campgrounds where the entire campground may be served by a single cell sector of a single tower, so everyone is sharing its limited bandwidth.
