Real wifi for the truck

Yeppers, pretty much what @Ridgeline said. The sad thing is a Verizon hotspot is likely your best bet. And yes, I'm fully ware of the limitations and reliability issues. Simple fact is Verizon, AT&T or Sprint are your only real options. Which one will depend on where you are at.

 

I know there will be one or two other users chime in to contradict this, but I break at PFJs 99% of the time because we are an exclusive PFJ fueler. For $99/yr you can subscribe to their premium wifi that is available at 90% of their locations.

Maybe 1 in 8 connections is less than great. As long as you park fairly close to one of the repeater antennas, you will typically get at least 10 Mbps speeds, even during the peak evening hours. You can easily stream video. I regularly see speeds in excess of 18 Mbps

For $99/yr, it's a bargain but if you don't like PFJ, then it's probably not a good option for you but it easily beats any typical connection you'll get at TA/Petro or Loves that I try every now and then buying a 24 hour pass [out of necessity] and I'm always disappointed when comparing to typical PFJ Premium connection.

BUT, the biggest problem with PFJ wifi is there is virtually ZERO upload capacity. So if you need to regularly upload large files, it's useless. A solid LTE connection easily handles large file uploads.

This is at my current location in Walcott

 

You can use a travel router that plugs into a power outlet but without some connection to the internet all you can do is have any connected devices talk to each other.

 

What is this? Could you elaborate? Thanks