Why won't these corporations pay $20 per month to give us free wifi?

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  1. NewNashGuy

    NewNashGuy Road Train Member

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    *EDIT* getting a negative reaction from the supertruckers so nm this topic
     
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  3. AXE

    AXE Road Train Member

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    Want them to provide you milk and cookies as well?
     
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  4. NewNashGuy

    NewNashGuy Road Train Member

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    Sure :) I know it is hard for a lot of selfish people to understand, but when I have the money and can offer something that would mean a lot to them for a low cost I offer it. Just like 10 years ago when I owned four dedicated servers I allowed free hosting for my friends and other free features to my 30,000 members on one of my sites.
     
  5. DrtyDiesel

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  6. CondoCruiser

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    Movies definately hog the bandwidth. I've seen terminals and even truckstops with wifi cut off service because of too many drivers downloading movies. Bosselman's in Altoona was cut off by their provider because of that. My last company cut their drivers off because of movies and later let them have a weak signal in the breakroom. Companies might share a server and don't need a bunch of drivers slowing them down.

    I would find other means for your movie entertainment like a good antenna or dvd's. I knew one guy that even had two dvr's. His wife would do the recording for him and they would swap out each hometime.

    Sometimes on the road you have to get creative.
     
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  7. DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    I got verizon, i have hulu plus and netflix. Im able to hook my phone up to my tv, pretty awesome. Only works on 4G network unless i wanna wait awhile on 3g for buffering. I use 12-15GB/month watching netflix and hulu. I watch movies every night if i dont have something on dvd.
     
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  8. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    Wonder whatever happened to Sleep?

    mark
     
  9. DrtyDiesel

    DrtyDiesel Road Train Member

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    Haha. I sleep about 6-7 hours. Anymore than that ill feel tired all day. Any less and the same effect.

    I'm just glad i have unlimited data on my phone lol

    Ethan
     
  10. Busasamurai

    Busasamurai Light Load Member

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    Best way I found was having an external hard drive. I down load TV shows by the seasons and a whole bunch of movies when i am home.Then I just take the External hard drive with me. Now I have a new laptop with mega storage so I just put them on it and no need for external.
     
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    I use millenicom for my internet on the road. $59 a month for 20gigs of Verizon service. I have yet to hit the 20gigs and I watch a lot of movies. Remember to turn HD off on netflix and HULU. Not that big a difference. Atleast as far as I am concerned. I would rather watch 20 shows at a reduced picture than 5 in perfect picture.
     
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