I go with a separate Verizon gizmo because I feel like it. I don't particularly want to use my iphone as a hub. It may well be a waste of $$$ but it's my $$$ to waste.
You could say the same thing about my $4000 HD projection system at home. Why have that when your 32" HDTV can do the job in the bedroom or why buy A McIntosh $3000 integrated amp with a $1500 CD player when you could buy both things for a couple of hundred dollars apiece from Best Buy??
It's because I CAN !! And just because YOU think its a waste of $$ doesn't mean to say your right and I'm wrong. I just have rather unique tastes and I don't follow the crowd, especially if they always seem to go for the cheapest option. I've been down the "cheap" road a few times and it doesn't serve me well at all. I also get special discounts through my affiliation with certain organizations to keep my Verizon account as low as possible. I have more than two laptops together with an ipad. Is that a waste too? I could go on and on, but as you can tell, I could care less if it's a waste of $$ or not.
I will do whatever pleases me, and that, my friend, is all that matters !!
Good luck.
Onboard Internet
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Girltrucker, Jan 6, 2013.
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I just placed my order for a Millenicom WWAN modem and unlimited plan. Because I do a lot of gaming on the road, I needed the unlimited data, which is getting really hard to find these days. Playing games doesn't use a lot of data but downloading games, updates and patches does.
Since Millenicoms modem is a CDMA device I'll be using Verizon cell towers so I should be fine for coverage unless I'm somewhere reaaaaally remote. -
It's good you found a company that will offer unlimited data plans. I remember when Verizon had unlimited data until about 2008/2009. I discontinued my plan as I had come off the road at the time. I guess I should have kept it going, Now I'm wondering if there's a possibility that the big boys will revert back to unlimited data.
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I'm on home-time now. My Mellinicom WWAN modem was waiting for me. It's labeled as a Sprint device. The unit itself, the driver/software CD and the utility all have Sprint everywhere LOL. Doesn't matter to me tho, what matters is that even at my mothers house which is in a very rural area, I was able to download a 700Mb file in about 3 hours with 2 bars of 3G connectivity. I can live with that.
I also, just placed an order for this. I kind of wish I'd seen the 7db model before I ordered, but I should be fine. I spend 99% of my downtime right off an interstate which are pretty well covered for cellular service. -
Sprint galaxy note 2 I do 4-5g of hulu alone a week..
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The Vreizon Jetpak is $50.00 but that is only for 6 Gig ands if you add more devices it is more. Millenium on Verizon gives you 20gig.
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I need one of those wilson phone boosters with that I will be all set..
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I think if you check the Millenium/millenicom website they no longer offer Verizon service and 20 gigs. Unless they will grandfather in your existing plan. I guess Verizon decided to pull the plug on that little earner. But again, I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon offer an unlimited plan in the future. They're always changing stuff around. Unless you watch a bunch of movies or into gaming, 20 gigs is a heck of a lot of data to use. IMHO trying to watch/stream a movie via wifi is not up to par as yet. A movie uses an incredible amount of bandwith and I've been having all kinds of problems at home with Streaming.
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You can tether or get use your phone as a wifi hotspot. Pdanet just upgraded their app to include wifi and bluetooth.
I was shopping at the AT&T store, and for only $10 more a month I could get a 4G enabled tablet. I'm guessing the same is also good for a 4G enabled laptop. -
Here's an update of my internet solution for trucking. If you've been following this thread you may remember that I purchased a Sprint WWAN modem from Mellinecom a couple of months ago, and my initial impressions were favorable. But after a few weeks on the road with the thing I have cancelled the service. The modem was 3G and 4G capable, but being off interstate highways 95% of the time I never got a 4G connection. Not once! And most of the time even with a strong signal the data transfer rate was just way too slow for a service that I'm paying $70/month for. Sometimes I could not even load a web-page for several minutes at a time. I think this is simply due to high traffic on the tower that I was hitting.
But whatever the reasons, I just didn't think I was getting value for my money. So I got a new Samsung Galaxy S4 from AT&T, rooted it, and enabled WiFi Hotspot (without paying AT&T's fee). I was freaking AMAZED at the speeds I get on a wireless 4G network. I downloaded something that was hitting over 1Mb/sec. So I have up to 5Gb and once I hit that I pay 10$ and get another GB, and so on. So if I use 10GB in a billing cycle I am still coming out cheaper than having the phone and the Mellinecom modem. And if I need to download something really big I can buy a day of Wandering WiFi and just let the download run while I sleep.Last edited: Jun 2, 2013
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