tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post6545124581288953670..comments2023-07-27T00:30:28.566-07:00Comments on RV SHRINK, Common Sense Peddler: RV Phone Homepacktoterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904292209126449778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-14956107117750594122015-09-13T12:41:38.526-07:002015-09-13T12:41:38.526-07:00when my family went on vacation (14 western states...when my family went on vacation (14 western states) last year we had three phones. my daughter had an AT&T smart phone, my husband had a trac-fone and I had a local carrier phone. Where ever we were we had at least 1 phone that had coverage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-16084497530061347862015-09-12T12:57:33.755-07:002015-09-12T12:57:33.755-07:00Driven to all 49 states, Verizon is everywhere. Ma...Driven to all 49 states, Verizon is everywhere. Many times folks on other systems can't get or make a call. We use MiFi for our laptops. Have been "blinded by trees" and DirectTV will not work. No over the air TV but we get Verizon - others get nothing.Jerry X Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798737911182528809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-46063807026337247392015-09-12T12:33:04.343-07:002015-09-12T12:33:04.343-07:00Jpainter, as you know, hotspot counts towards data...Jpainter, as you know, hotspot counts towards data usage and no, I doubt there is a service that offers unlimited data AND hotspot. <br /><br />I'm on my son's "family plan" (or whatever it's called now) with unlimited talk and text so I only pay for the hotspot. We try to stay in campgrounds where there's wifi so I don't have to use much time on the hotspot. I'm not sure what's going to happen once we can afford a generator and start boondocking a bit. Guess I'll just have to break (or at least dent) the computer habit!PennyPAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-53084299860779668022015-09-12T09:38:51.251-07:002015-09-12T09:38:51.251-07:00We are from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada and we recen...We are from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada and we recently spent a month traveling down to Texas so I did not want to use roaming on my phone.<br />All you need to do is make sure your phone is unlocked, I did this on the web for about $20, then once you get to the US just stop by a cell phone store (I stopped at Best Buy in Watertown) and tell them you want a monthly plan. You will have to buy a new sim card with a US number (for about $30), they will setup the new sim with the monthly plan (I got the Go from AT&T - $45/mth, as they have the best coverage throughout the US). Took about 40 min at Best Buy to get it all setup but once it was I could check everything out on the web, it had unlimited Talk, Text and Data (they gave you 1.5GB at full 4G speeds, after that it was 2G speeds, but for email and general web searching it was fine). <br />I have a Samsung S4 and all I did was create a hotspot and my wife and kids could connect to my phone using their wi-fi and they had unlimited Data as well. The only spot we did not have coverage was down in Big Bend National Park, but other than that we always had phone and Data available.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-49876247914945244142015-09-12T08:04:19.384-07:002015-09-12T08:04:19.384-07:00any help for Canadians traveling in the USA and Ca...any help for Canadians traveling in the USA and Canada would help. PLEASE! and Thank you<br />rosehavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065866689730528871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-76797047466372853072015-09-12T07:14:35.285-07:002015-09-12T07:14:35.285-07:00Almost any phone can be "rooted" or &quo...Almost any phone can be "rooted" or "jailbroken" - this simply means taking control of the phone itself so you can install whatever you like and use the capabilities already built into YOUR phone. Think of your electric provider selling you power and dictating you can only use the toaster, not the microwave, and you'll understand why disabling tethering is considered absurd. It is commonly done because providers don't want you to absurdly abuse bandwidth, but once you DO pay for unlimited data, you're using your equipment for what it was designed to do.<br /><br />If you're scared of rooting your phone, you can try an app called FoxFi on android phones...it's an app that works as a hotspot, no root. Some providers block that the same way they block the built in hotspot.<br /><br />One word of caution: if you are on a limited cellular data plan and are used to unlimited data at home, watch your data usage closely - you use more than you think you do and cellular data overage fees are insane. Buying unlimited data is almost always worthwhile based on the money being online more lets you save.Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066904198364843577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180460645169293250.post-1818976562770666952015-09-12T03:30:05.352-07:002015-09-12T03:30:05.352-07:00Unlimited data on a phone that can be used as a ho...Unlimited data on a phone that can be used as a hotspot? I've always read that straight talk and similar type plans did not allow that. If the rules have changed, please tell us more!Jpainternoreply@blogger.com