how can i get Wifi in my truck

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150Mbps Long Range Outdoor USB Wifi Wireless Adapter w Antenna (about $28 on ebay)
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Virgin Mobile (Sprint network) smart phone / $35 per month plan. Data is unlimited, full speed for first 2.5gigs, throttled down after.

 

I have no trouble with verizion in the middle of no where. Yes it's slow, but im still able to get online .

 

didn't say verizon didn't reach in the middle of nowhere. i just stated there's a lot of nowhere that verizon don't reach.

 

if you had an android phone. tether would work for you. you can talk and surf at the same time on 4g. cdma iphones don't have that capability. (sprint,verizon)

 

cdma phones have sim cards too. apparently it's needed for the 4g lte.

i can't swear for sprint phones. but both my verizon models have sim cards. i thought it was for world capabilities. but was told it's for the lte.

 

Virgin Mobile??? You must be kidding. Some of the worst coverage in the USA. The OP stated he wants coverage in all 48. Verizon has the best ( and most expensive) coverage. ATT is next followed by Sprint. If one travels only a region with Sprint coverage there pricing is very good. But don't try and get service in ND,AZ and many other areas.

 

Yes they do, its dependent on the phone. My Galaxy S 3 is through sprint and I can talk and surf the web at the same time. It is slightly slower, but I can do it.

 

Not kidding at all. The OP also stated he is looking for " an affordable company". At $35 per month, Virgin Mobile fits the bill. When I don't have coverage with Virgin Mobile, I use the upgraded WiFi antenna (that is why I included it in my post). Others had already posted about Verizon, etc. at $80 to $120 per month, OP said Verizon "gets too expensive" (post #3). I wanted to give the OP one more option.

 

got to stick with verison best coverage. but you got to pay for the best...cant recall the last time i didnt have 4g coverage and i never had no coverage

 

I'm gonna get slammed by all the techies but . . .

I have a Samsung smart phone with Android. It's Straight Talk. Paid $180 for it about a year ago. $49 per month. Have no idea whose towers it uses but I rarely don't have signal. Supposed to be unlimited everything and it seems to be that. Has the "G" signal strength bar thing as well as the regular one so I guess it gets on the "G" network thing too. Haven't seen where that makes a tinker's d@mn in quality or speed even when both are full bars. As a matter of fact when I'm tethering (I use PDA.net app and actually hardwire with USB to my laptop because: A - I don't trust WiFi hotspot security and B - it charges my phone while I'm using it) if the "G" thing has bars it seems the internet is slower than when I have no "G" bars and even just 2 regular bars.

Internet speed is dependent on signal strength they tell me, but it seems to me not true. It's something different. I can have 1 regular bar (like minimum signal) and no "G" bars and stream Netflix without buffering and walk around in "Street View" like I was hardwired at home and sometimes I can have full bars on both meters and Google Maps seems to take forever to pull up satellite view and weather radar maps drag arse. Sometimes it's half regular bars and things fly right along. I can't make rhyme nor reason outta it. It's $49 a month and free unlimited internet on my laptop that works almost anywhere and mostly without buffering much. Beats the crap outta paying for super slow WiFi at a truck stop or trying to grab that parking spot close enough to a Mickey D's to mooch theirs. Park at a Lowe's and you got real fast free WiFi 24/7 even when they are closed but you have to reaccept their agreement every two hours but hey; who has that much down time anyway unless you get stuck having to do a reset. Then I got plenty of other stuff to do that honestly I should be on line 4 for but ain't; like cleaning the truck.

So let the slamming for cheating Wally World and Trac Phone (they own Straight Talk) begin. My answer in advance is:

I know and I don't care. I'm gonna do it anyway until the internet and Straight Talk pOlice bust me.