internet access?

Honor roll is right, verizon is the way. My dad has verizon in his truck, it has great coverage all around... if you upgrade the antenna, you can even get service in the mountains half the time...

I am not sure if there's a contender to verizon's internet service, however i posted a thread to find an answer to that question...

 

I have discovered that is a lie. I can be in an area with phone service, but Verizon has an agreement with that area's phone company, it isn't Verizon's signal, and that area won't have internet service. I found that out the hard way in Angels Camp, CA.

 

Wandering wifi sucks!!! Pilot and TA both use it I've had problems with both. I got the new G1 google phone thru Tmobile and its awesome. Don't matter if I'm using tmobiles tower or not internet still works and so does my gps and google maps not to mention all of the other sweet apps. Data plan $35/mo. Unlimited.

 

I haven't had a problem at TA, but Pilot definitely is no good. I read somewhere on here that they both use the same provider (Loves does too, and theirs is as slow as Pilot), so I don't see why there is such a huge difference between TA and Pilot/Loves. I posted in another spot on here that I talked to the tech guys ( I think its wandering wifi ) at a couple of Pilots out West, and they knew they were installing junk, they said they were doing as told. Must have been ex-Army...
The signal is good, but the internet just craaawwwls.
Either way, don't bother with the wifi at Pilot OR Loves, just get a Verizon card.

 

When my wife first got her computer we tried the Pilot WiFi, butt she was on the phone constantly with their tech support, so we cancelled it. (They put the refund back on the card about a week after we requested it.) We have Alltel cellphones, and got their service. The little plastic thingamajig was free (after rebate), and it's $60 a month. My wife doesn't drive, and can use the internet from everywhere, while rolling down the road. Only a couple times did we have trouble connecting (mostly in Wyoming), but that was only temporary (about 5-10 minutes). She loves it. (I still don't understand the dang thing!)

 

We already had two cell phones when we bought my laptop. Then, we just purchased the "card" from our carrier for the laptop.( the card is just a device that connects to one of my USB ports.)

Usually, I have no problem with connectivity, even while hubby is driving down the road. I can play games on my game sites, visit here biggrin_25525, etc.and the only problem I encounter is watching TV, or movies from the internet, because of jumping from tower-to-tower.

EXCEPT, when we are in Wyoming...Sprint has virtually NO coverage throughout the entire state!

Also, occasionally, I will connect to Idleaire, if we have to sit for a time, through their ethernet connection.
Hope this helps!

Judi Kay

 

Your using the Sprint/Nextel card?
What plan do you have? 3g?
Has the "off network" restriction (300mb) been a problem?
Is the 5GB/mo enough?

Does anyone know about using your phone connected to the PC for internet access?

 

I totally agree with DblTime... Wandering Wi-Fi does suck. Their tech people are very helpful, but my wife still had problems connecting at the Madera, CA Pilot and several others in the Western States, where we primarily run. Salt Lake City is good, but all in all it was just a big cluster-you-know-what. We got a refund (very prompt) after only having it for a couple weeks. Alltel/Verizon is very dependable.

 

I haven't heard anything about any off network restrictions. It's not on any of my paperwork and I think I would have hit it by now if there was one.