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03-03-2022, 07:07 AM #11
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Well, that has not been my experience...but if its streaming tv you are interested in, perhaps its worth an old phone and a single visible account. I found Visible to be the only reasonable cost provider to provide unlimited hotspot streaming, so if thats your primary focus you'll have trouble finding another service that is better on Verizon towers. So many variables and all of our needs differ. If my home was in T-Mobile country I would think about their network...but Verizon is the only network that is viable for us. Good luck....and let us know if you find a better option.
Sent from my Pixel 6 using TapatalkLast edited by DECelt; 03-03-2022 at 07:15 AM.
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03-03-2022, 09:16 AM #12
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03-03-2022, 12:29 PM #13
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FYI, I'm chatting with a Visible rep right now, regarding "unlimited", it's not truly unlimited but hopefully better than Verizon throttling at 40gb, which is about 1.5 weeks of fulltime work & streaming for us, so no bueno for any trips more than 10 days on the road!
"That's correct. We do offer unlimited talk/text/ and data this includes hotspot. You may seem some issues with data speeds when the usage of data gets higher as well."
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They don't throttle until the 200-300gb range, so that should be no problem for us, so much more unlimited, but they do throttle it, more or less, to ensure this is individual usage.
ALSO - One thing to note with Visible - each phone can only connect to ONE device at a time. No problem for me and DW, as we can run each laptop on each of our phones. They do not currently have any mifi devices, so you'll need to use a phone for hotspotting, and can't run, for example, your TV and PC at the same time.Colin & Tracy
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03-03-2022, 12:45 PM #14
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03-03-2022, 03:54 PM #15
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03-09-2022, 02:18 PM #16
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03-09-2022, 03:41 PM #17
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There are some very well researched guides over at http://rvmobileinternet.com
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03-09-2022, 04:01 PM #18
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I have been using FMCA's Sprint/T-Mobile for years now. It is what we use at home and on the road. Not happy with the service lately. I just checked my speed and it was 1.94 down and 5.50 up. This is good compared to some days. Insanely poor and they don't care. Now you have to contact FMCA for help, you can no longer contact T-mobile directly.
We will probably go with the Visible in the near future. Do you know if it works in Canada also?
On our last vacation, we mainly used the AT&T hotspot from my new F150 Powerboost with the 7.3 Kw generator. Great truck, we love it.Last edited by cvretis; 03-09-2022 at 04:07 PM.
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03-09-2022, 04:55 PM #19
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If you have a modern Android phone, you can turn on wifi connection sharing to get around the one device limit. Turn on the hotspot on your Visible phone, then connect to it with your regular phone. Then turn off that phone's mobile data and turn on its hotspot. Connect as many devices to that as you wish. Works great as long as you don't need to take that phone on a hike or something while others stay behind wanting internet access.
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03-09-2022, 05:01 PM #20
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Hey all, let me say first that I just got this a month ago so it’s still new and the 1st week was a bunch of trouble getting mifi setup, BUT now that it is up it seems to work. Totally cellular, it goes anywhere and we use it at home as our only internet service. It is $80 a month (a little high) but supports 5 devices with no limits or throttling. On the road, we averaged about 35M, even when actually travelling at 60 mph. At home, cell service is poor, so we are lucky to average 25M. Any who it is perfect but does well, checking off all our important boxes. It is called Rim Internet, Steve runs it, and he is on top of customer service. I probably messed this message up, the wife is yelling at me for being the screw up I usually am.
Edit: I forgot to mention you can pick which carrier you want to use, not sure about visible tho.. att, sprint, Verizon, etc. I said it is perfect up above when I meant NOT perfect.Last edited by Lc1496; 03-09-2022 at 05:06 PM.
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