Unlimited Mobile WiFi for the road?

Discussion in 'Cellular - Voice - Data' started by GarretMc23, Apr 19, 2016.

  1. GarretMc23

    GarretMc23 Light Load Member

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    I am wanting to see if there are any plans out there that offer a legitimate unlimited, unthrottled, high speed wifi connection to take on the road with me. I am willing to buy a standalone hot spot similar to a Verizon MiFi unit because I really dont want another cell phone. I enjoy watching my netflix and playing the occasional ps4 games online but I dont know how realistic that is in a truck. Thanks
     
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  3. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    That unicorn might be hard to find.

    T-Mobile has an unlimited plan but that was back a few months at this point.

    Smaller footprint than others and they do something when streaming video but that's probably ok on a smaller screen.
     
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    When I was on the road I used t-mobile hot spot, great for internet etc but if you want to watch a lot of netflix etc you will eat up your data but still use it for the internet
     
  5. slim6596

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    BingeOn, unlimited video streaming from Netflix and Hulu plus is included on T-Mobile tablet internet plans. $20 per month. Thinking about doing it myself.
     
  6. jezter5677

    jezter5677 Light Load Member

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    T-Mobiles coverage is horrendous, search eBay for unlimited 4g lte, I've got a Verizon unlimited 4g lte from eBay for 150 per month.
     
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  7. GarretMc23

    GarretMc23 Light Load Member

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    Well i already have verizon phone plan, i can up my data to 18gb a month for only 30 dollars more and then buy a jetpack for hotspot. Ive been told i can game all month long on that and be fine as long as i dont have to download alot.
     
  8. Jazzy J

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    Verizon has best data coverage and most expensive.
    Pilot/fly j wifi $20 a month and ta/petro $20 a month.
    My verizon contract ends in june. Switching to sprint or boost. They offer unlimited data.
     
  9. GarretMc23

    GarretMc23 Light Load Member

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    I always tell myself that I will switch because verizon is so high but my hometown, verizon is the only place that gets cell service worth a ####
     
  10. Night Prowler

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    I have Boost, bad coverage northern part of U.S. most of I 80. But when it works it does pretty well. I watch you tube a lot. getting ready to try Netflix on the road. I've only been throttled once, that's after using the gps ( maps ) a lot. I will get an AT and T hot spot when I start making better money. Also no signal in some parts of N. and S. komifornia. Around cities its fine Mostly.
     
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  11. kelgar50

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    Been there done that. Sprint does have unlimited,but what they don't tell you is it is only while in there network.
    Once you get out of there network even if you have 4g or 3g showing on your phone you only get 2GB of data.
    What happens next is once you hit that they will turn off your data until you are back in there area. So for the rest of the billing cycle everytime you leave there area you will have no data.
    They do the same on phone calls also.
    Once you hit a certain limit out of there area every phone call I would get would go straight to voicemail. Then it would alert me so I would have to call people back.
    Once back in there area phone service was back to normal.
    When I left Verizon and went to sprint they did have true unlimited and it worked great for the first 2 years.
     
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