Are you new to RVing or trying to find out an easy cheap way to get unlimited Internet to your mobile RV? If so this is the article for you!
There are many ways to get internet while on the road, some of them can be very expensive both in upfront cost as well as monthly. For most of people just starting out this might be an option or for those of us that have been on the road for a while it may not fit in our budget.
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The two devices we will be listing in this article can be use both for providing Internet and making use for any open WiFi that is available within a mile radius. As you may already know, many places provide free WiFi for there guest, i.e. Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Sam's Club, McDonald's, Burger King, Trucks Stops, RV parks and so on. Reaching these available free WiFi signals may not be so easy from your RV, Van, or other vehicle from the parking lot. Even if you do get the WiFi, it may not be very strong and you have to try to connect all the devices in your home to it. This is where the first device comes in known as the Camp Pro 2. The Camp Pro 2 acts like a WiFi extender / router in the ways of connecting to a local WiFi hotspot and allowing all the connected devices to then be connected through it. Rather the hotspot that is provided by a Wal-Mart or by a cell phone carrier hotspot.
So if you will think of it this way, it's like a power splitter that you would have multiple power plugs into it's self and then plug the one power splitter plug into the power source to provide power to the rest. (how many times can I say power in one sentence). this works in the same way by the Camp Pro 2 providing a local WiFi source for all of your home devices to connect and then you telling the Camp Pro 2 to then connect to a WiFi Source of your choice.
For those of us that boondock a lot or for the times when you connect to that RV park WiFi and the signal is great but the upload and download speeds are horrible, we use a second option. As there are three adults that live in our household we use to keep tree different cell carriers and a two different hotspots just to make sure that no matter where we where we would always be in contact, not just for communication but for security purposes as well. We have found through the test of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and ect., as well as al the MVNO's like Virgin, Boost Mobile, Google Fi, Verizon Prepaid, Straight Talk, and so on, that Verizon and AT&T gave us the best results on our travels. Google Fi said they would connect to three different carriers but there over all service was for lack of a better word unsatisfactory.
So that brings us to our next device or service if you will. We have been using a service known as Visible. Visible is an experimental service that has only been around for about a year now that is a MVNO that runs of the Verizon network. Visible is completely online service that has a small overhead so they can keep cost low. No I know I am starting to sound like an infomercial but it really has been nice being with a carrier that is 100% unlimited calls, texts,data and hotspot for only $40 with all taxes and fees a month included is pretty nice.
Up until last month, Visible did limit the download speed to 5mbps speed. However, last month for a short time they lifted that speed cap and anyone who activate service during this time and that is still going on. We have seen speeds up to 200mbps in certain areas. However, you are still subject to congestion but we have not seen it get below 3mbps on the busiest times and areas but for the price we are okay with that. Plus you can bring your own phone with compatible devices, swap devices, or but the Visible R2 that we have (good phone) for $19. they also offer a referral program that will save you and your friend $20 bucks off your bill. speaking of which if your interested in Visible please use one of our 3 links to save us and yourself $20 of your next month bill by clicking HERE or by using one of the tree codes below. The only downfall that we have encountered is that you can only connect one device to the hotpot at a time. That where that Camp Pro 2 comes in.
We use the Camp Pro 2 to connect all of our devices in our RV to the Visible hotspot so we can have unlimited internet anywhere you go with no problems. Now complemented with a Weboost type unit you can essentially have service anywhere.
If you would like to check out or purchase any of the devices we have listed in this article or out YouTube channel with more tips and tricks the links are provided below.
Camp Pro 2 link 1: https://amzn.to/2Zrv7Ii
Camp Pro 2 link 2: https://amzn.to/2YCYV3C
Camp Pro 2 Best Price: https://www.ebay.com/Alfa-WiFi_Camp-Pro.
Visible $20 off 2nd month: https://www.visible.com/referral/zn6TQ
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