Unlimited data plans.

I was on verizon then i switched to e-wireless. They have some deal with verizon,so i still have verizon coverage,unlimited talk,text and data for 115$ per month. Been with them for more than 2 years,just got iphone 5s few weeks ago. Went to ca from chicago and i had LTE 80% of time. Some minor parts of nm and az had bad or no signal,all together maybe 40-50 miles.

 

$115 is that just for one phone? I pay $155 or so for 3 lines, 1 line has unlimited data, 2nd line has 3gb data and the 3rd is just a line I added to get a new phone for my wife so only paying $10 for that 3rd one

 

Yup,1 phone,but i have coverage almost everywhere,lte almost everywhere and everything unlimited.
Before this i was on t-mobile and you can't compare it.
Verizon is best for me.

 

Has anybody tried getting their internet through satellite's?I'm just curious to find out what companies would allow you to do this and whether or not they offered unlimited data packages.

 

No satellite internet company that I know of offers unlimited data. The closest you'll get is Exede which offers unlimited between 12am and 5am, or something like that. Other than that, you have to pick a tiered plan. And the cost is just outrageous.

 

Do you remember what prices they quoted you for a tiered plan by chance? what companies did you call?

 

The two satellite companies I know of are Exede and Hughesnet.

Exede has three different plans. One is 10 gb a month for $49.99 a month, 15 gb a month for $79.99 a month, and 25 gb a month for $129.99 a month. All three plans are advertised as 12 mpbs downstream and 3 mpbs upstream as well as "Late Night Free Zone" which is unlimited data between 12am and 5am, effectively not counting towards your monthly limit.
http://www.exede.com/internet-packages-pricing/service-availability

Hughesnet has a similar pricing structure with four different plans. 10 gb monthly limit at 5 mbps downstream and 1 mbps upstream for $49.99 a month, 20 gb a month at 10 mbps downstream and 1 mbps upstream for $59.99 a month, 30 gb monthly at 10 mbps downstream and 2 mbps upstream for $79.99 a month, and 40 gb monthly at 15 mbps downstream and 2 mbps upstream for $129.99 a month.
http://www.hughesnet.com/?page=Plans-Pricing

 

There are also two other things to consider with satellite internet:

- There is a lag with a satellite internet connection, which might not be an issue for light internet tasks such as checking your e-mail or Facebook, but if you play MMORPG games such as WoW or stream online video such as Netflix, that will most definitely be an issue.

- You will need a satellite not unlike the DirecTV and Dish Network satellites you see on the roofs of houses and apartment buildings. I've seen this exactly twice on over the road trucks which demonstrates that it can be done, but it's incredibly impractical, unaesthetic, has the potential for damage (I personally witnessed one getting knocked down partially by another truck not watching), and will cut down on your MPG.

 

Never go with satellite internet, I did it once when I lived with my parents for a few months a couple years back just because they lived out in the country and used dial up still, the prices are horrible and its easy to go over the limit, the one I used had that free zone too which I setup all my movies and stuff in the scheduler on bittorent to download during those times but you still burn through data quick.

Think of it this way, 10gb well most movies you can grab around 1gb so you might be able to watch up to 10 movies and thats not even including normal internet usage.

 

I've seen a few guys do that as well.I know that I have seen some of them hooking it to their mirror bracket and seen them taking it off right before they get to sleep.But like you said,the risk to damage it is still there.I've always liked how the VuQube can be mounted behind the truck.It's high enough to where most people wouldn't consider it to be worth the effort to steal and that weather protected casing is really nice.Although I will say I'm not exactly thrilled about the price tag between$6-800 depending on where you go.I have seen a few used tailgaters on ebay and cragslist for half the price though,so maybe that's still an option.I'm not entirely sure but I think tailgater goes through Dish or Direct tv.