wa8yxm
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Oh, I forgot one things too... I subscribe to www.live365.com, a raft of "internet radio stations" and the computer, with internet connections, does that rather well too.
But for me, it's fun. For some (As the OP noted) it's work, either way. I'd miss it if it was "off"
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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chuckster11
Idaho
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SteveRuff wrote:We rely on the WIFI as well, but it would not be adequate for someone that is online 14 hours a day. Much of the time we are in a RV park that supplies the WIFI...we purposely look for those that offer it for free. If there is none available then we search...our best sources are libraries and hospitals. Panera Bread restaurants offer it and some other businesses are beginning to pony up. Airports are other good sources although many of them are so far out of town as to be impractical. We have also used motel parking lots on many occasions...many of them offer the free wifi. I am sure there will be comments about us pirating the service etc. and this may be true, but we download email, look up the next RV park, and check out the tourist interests in the city we are in...we try not to be a pest or overuse the resources.
This sounds exactly like my process of finding wi/fi on the road. We look for campgrounds that offer the service for free--reject those that charge for the service. Always ask when checking in if there are dead spots in the campground. We have learned that all campground wi/fi services are not the same--some are very, very slow.
When out and about we look for coffee shops, libraries, etc. for service. Apparently some McDonalds are offering the service at selected franchises tho we haven't used yet.
I have no problem "pirating" service as that signal is out there in the air and if the "owner" of the signal was concerned with pirating, they could easily make the signal secure from the practice.
I live in a condo and I can pick up at least three wi/fi sources other than my own--all unsecure as is mine. It is great when the my provider has a problem--I guess I feel that unsecured signals are alot like air--I breath the same air as you do.
I do not, of course, do any financial transactions on an unsecured wi/fi signal.
I suspect that within a few years almost everywhere we go there will be free or nominal wi/fi available just like radio signals--there is alot of money awaiting a universal wi/fi provider--think about what has happened to Google stock this past three years!
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tallyo
Fort Myers,Florida
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We use a Sprint broadband card. Works great where ever there is Sprint phone service. The card will not roam. $59.99 a month unlimited service. You can get cheaper but there is a limit then gets expensive up to $90 per month if you go over. I put our card to "sleep" when not travelling as we have cable at home. called Vacation plan and we pay only $5.95 per month . We then put put our home service on Vacation plan when we travel so it all washes out money wise I guess.
More and more campgrounds seem to have WIFI but some the service is poor unless you are camped at the front office.
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DanMar
Peachland BC. Canada
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Being Canadian & having our own internet/cellphone services up here I'll only answer a portion of these questions. We travelled from British Columbia to Newfoundland & back earlier this year & I worked
on my laptop & cell phone 5 days a week from Apr.11th to July 28th
using Telus with their Kyocera wireless card.
To add my 2 cents worth, I bought a plug in adaptor for the cigarette lighter which you can plug 110 volts into the other end (from Walmart for about $50.00 . Then I bought 2 (4 inch long) alligator clips and 20 feet of 16 gauge wire. Mounted one clip to each wire ends on the one end of the 20 feet & a female cigarette lighter adaptor to the other end of the 20 feet. Then I plugged the 12volt/110 convertor (with the male adaptor) into the female adaptor on the 20 foot length of wire.
I then plugged a surge protector into the 110 end of the Walmart convertor and the 2 alligator clips to the positive & negative terminals of the coach batteries...I worked every day, 8 hours a day
any where I wanted to be..When I punched out at 5pm..we did our sight seeing. Would do the 16,600 km all over again !!!
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captain037
Montgomery, AL
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We only stay at CC's with full hook-ups and wireless internet. That solves our problems. We too have to work while away. No problem using all the gadgets. The CC locator on this site lists the things provided.
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huskyhauler
AZ, Maybe..
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we use a laptop in our MH. we use an inverter to charge the battery as required, we dont just leave it plugged in, but rather run it to about 20% than charge it uo while using it. for internet we use verizon and bus it through my wife mortorola q phone. funnt thin is, i think the ISP provided through verizon is actually quicker than both our DSL as well as Hughes Net at home..
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Shearwater
NE Ohio
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We have yet to find a good solution for connecting to the internet. We thought we solved the problem by getting a verizon aircard. This worked fine at the store and at our house but didn't work anyplace else we went.
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Peach
South Georgia
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If something like this happens--works fine in the store, but nowhere else, will Verizon take it back?
I'd love to have an aircard, have Verizon cell service so would like to stay with them as I am satisfied.
Shearwater wrote:We have yet to find a good solution for connecting to the internet. We thought we solved the problem by getting a verizon aircard. This worked fine at the store and at our house but didn't work anyplace else we went.
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Cindi_R
Cedar Springs, MI
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Peach wrote:If something like this happens--works fine in the store, but nowhere else, will Verizon take it back?
I'd love to have an aircard, have Verizon cell service so would like to stay with them as I am satisfied.
Shearwater wrote:We have yet to find a good solution for connecting to the internet. We thought we solved the problem by getting a verizon aircard. This worked fine at the store and at our house but didn't work anyplace else we went.
AT&T will give you a 30 day trial period plus they have an online map so you can see where they offer their services.
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shawnna
Covington, WA
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This is going to sound stupid but what - specifically - is needed to tether a Verizon blackberry to use with my laptop? My laptop is a Macbook with an airport but not having done this before, I'm unclear what I need?
And since I'm paying for data access anyway - might as well us it. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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