| No Contract Hot Spots (MiFi) [message #294769] |
Sun, 31 January 2016 11:54  |
tphipps
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Out of the choices of Stand Alone No Contract Hot Spots, who is having good luck (4LTE)and with which brand? Not interested in Hot Spots that are part of a smart phone, but stand alone units. Looked at Wal-Mart, and there are at least 5 choices.
Any one have a comparison to MiFi 4LTE Hot Spot with ATT FastDSL (greatly mis-named).
Any one using one as their full time WiFi connection, even at their home?
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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| Re: [GMCnet] No Contract Hot Spots (MiFi) [message #294774 is a reply to message #294769] |
Sun, 31 January 2016 12:35  |
Olly Schmidt
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Thomas,
I bought a 3G UMTS router from Straight Talk via Walmart. Worked for me
in the VA area where it was needed. Will know more about it during
Summer while touring the north east.
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Peer Oliver Schmidt
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'76a Eleganza II, VA
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| Re: [GMCnet] No Contract Hot Spots (MiFi) [message #294787 is a reply to message #294769] |
Sun, 31 January 2016 18:19 |
Ken Henderson
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Location: Americus, GA
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Tom,
For my trip to the West Coast in '13, I bought and used a Millenicom MiFi.
At that time, it was $69 per month, with no contract, for 20GB (which they
didn't monitor very carefully and didn't cut off then). It used the
Verizon network and the Verizon MiFi receiver (which they sold for $99).
That was an extremely satisfactory solution; the 20GB was more than
adequate for 16yo Dennis and me. When SHE showed up and started streaming
movies, I had to retrain (HA!) HER. It was at least as fast as the 2GB
down rate we get on our AT&T DSL.
Unfortunately, Millenicom is no more -- Verizon assumed all of their open
contracts in Nov '14. I don't know whether they offer(ed) anything similar
to the original plan because I was no longer active with them at that
time. I still have the JetPack, and know that I could activate it on my
current Verizon if I were willing to pay a slight fee. With an smartphone
capable of acting as a 5 user hotspot, I no longer have any reason to
consider it.
If you haven't already found it, this site seems to stay abreast of current
RV internet options:
http://www.rvmobileinternet.com/overview/
Ken H.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Thomas Phipps wrote:
> Out of the choices of Stand Alone No Contract Hot Spots, who is having
> good luck (4LTE)and with which brand? Not interested in Hot Spots that are
> part of a smart phone, but stand alone units. Looked at Wal-Mart, and
> there are at least 5 choices.
> Any one have a comparison to MiFi 4LTE Hot Spot with ATT FastDSL (greatly
> mis-named).
> Any one using one as their full time WiFi connection, even at their home?
> Tom, MS II
> --
>
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