Internet
Hi everyone, I was wondering what everyone is using for internet while camping?
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I don't this the OP ever came back so this is probably moot but there are pros and cons to any method you choose. Cellular requires a decent signal but not constrained to line of sight and the equipment and plans have gotten cheaper. Cellular can be used in motion and the equipment, once set up pretty much stays that way. Anymore you'd have to be pretty remote to not find a decent cellular signal especially with a booster. But there are dead spots. Starlink is pretty expensive especially on the outset and requires line of sight but is not constrained by the need for a decent cellular signal, it can be used literally anywhere. The equipment requires more setup and you need a roam plan to use it in motion. This is probably a better option for boats. Obviously campground wifi is a poor alternative as it's usually throttled if usable at all to stream. For these reasons most people that work remotely have redundancy (Starlink and cellular, 2 different cellular carriers, etc) as it's critical they not be without internet.
Cellular requires a decent signal but not constrained to line of sight and the equipment and plans have gotten cheaper
Both are line of sight, on is along the horizon and the other is up.
Cellular can be used in motion and the equipment, once set up pretty much stays that way.
both can be used in motion and once they are set up they are set up.
you'd have to be pretty remote to not find a decent cellular signal especially with a booster.
not really, 20 min drive up here out of town and no signal, very rare to find a campground with cell or anything unless you are in a major campground. Come up to Canada where the population is 1/10th of the US and the land mass much larger.. the only places you see good signals is in towns/cities and along major routes. if your rural and you have a signal you are lucky. you will also see that in Alberta the signal travels much farther than in say BC, so the coverage area in rural is much better because it is flat prairies. I live in the mountains where on one side of the mountain there is 5 bars and the other side there is 0. if you don't have a good base of 1 or 2 bars then a cell booster doesn't do anything.
