wifi for truck

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Marky84, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Marky84

    Marky84 Heavy Load Member

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    tried to run a search for this but it kept erroring out.

    looking to get wifi/mifi for my truck. i want unlimited of course. i heard theres still a couple companies that offer it. any advice?
     
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  3. fr8te_sh8ker

    fr8te_sh8ker Medium Load Member

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    Is Millinicon Verizon or Sprint? I really like Verizon.

    I like their BYOD plan for $79 for 3G, 4G, LTE up to 50 GB.

    For $79 up to 50 GB is plenty as my current usage stays under 20 GB/month with my tablet and a notebook.

    So I still haven't decided when I'll try it. Thanks for the link.
     
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  4. Wolfyinc

    Wolfyinc Road Train Member

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    do you have a cell phone with unlimited? I know I do and I turn my note 2 into a hotspot. I use about 35-40gb average a month of data myself.
     
  5. falcon241073

    falcon241073 Heavy Load Member

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    I use millenicom and am on the verizon network. I use the usb key in my lap top. I can share the internet toy xbox thru the network jack on the laptop if I choose. No wifi though. They do.make a wifi router that the usb key works with. I use my phones hotspot if I really need wifi. My usb is 3g only and is supposed to be up to 20gigs but I have discovered you can go up to 50gihs before they say anything. 3g is good 80-90% of the time for videos and internet use. I usually use my 4g phone hotspot for the xbox though as the latency is usually better on it.

    I think millencom only uses sprint now. I looked at theor web page a month or two ago and my plan is not there anymore. Sprint has ok coverage but nothing near what verizon has.
     
  6. fr8te_sh8ker

    fr8te_sh8ker Medium Load Member

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    I have a three prepaid products:


    • Cell Phone: Straight Talk unlimited Huawei M866C smartphone (Verizon) for $45/mo
    • Cell Phone: Tracfone Prepaid (AT&T) Triple Minutes @.06 cent per minute
    • Hot Spot: Truconnect Mobile MiFi (Sprint) for $4.99/mo and 3.9c per MB

    My cell phones are not hot spots. These work well for lite usage.
     
  7. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    That would suck if millinicom has gotten away from Verizon for new accounts. Glad I have my 60gig Verizon LTE mifi going with them.
     
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