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Live in the boonies and use Verizon Jetpack, or have Satellite Internet?
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:41 pm
Just trying to help out some of you baws.
Hotspots are POS and Verizon will throttle your data after reaching allotted threshold.
Satellite Internet is a shittier option due to latency and propagation delay.
All of you baws in the sticks need to invest in an LTE Modem/Router. What I've been setting up at remote military construction sites and recommending to our office employees that live in the country is a company called "GotW3". They offer high speed unthrottled internet service. You won't get cut off after passing a certain amount of GB like you will with everything else.
www.gotw3.com
They are a third party provider that has worked out contracts with all of the cell providers. It's much better than going directly through Verizon, T-Mobile, ATT, or C-Spire and using their weakass hotspots.
They have a "rural" plan which connects to ATT cell towers and a "urban" plan that connects to T-Mobile towers. Go to www.cellmapper.net to find the closest cell tower to your house. Then setup the modem in a window on the side facing the tower. You can also invest in a Yagi Directional Antenna to point at the tower...it'll add about 10 to 15 decibels of signal strength if you live a good ways from a tower or have a metal roof.
Ever since I started setting this up at jobsites and our employee's homes...everyone acts like I turned water in wine.
Hotspots are POS and Verizon will throttle your data after reaching allotted threshold.
Satellite Internet is a shittier option due to latency and propagation delay.
All of you baws in the sticks need to invest in an LTE Modem/Router. What I've been setting up at remote military construction sites and recommending to our office employees that live in the country is a company called "GotW3". They offer high speed unthrottled internet service. You won't get cut off after passing a certain amount of GB like you will with everything else.
www.gotw3.com
They are a third party provider that has worked out contracts with all of the cell providers. It's much better than going directly through Verizon, T-Mobile, ATT, or C-Spire and using their weakass hotspots.
They have a "rural" plan which connects to ATT cell towers and a "urban" plan that connects to T-Mobile towers. Go to www.cellmapper.net to find the closest cell tower to your house. Then setup the modem in a window on the side facing the tower. You can also invest in a Yagi Directional Antenna to point at the tower...it'll add about 10 to 15 decibels of signal strength if you live a good ways from a tower or have a metal roof.
Ever since I started setting this up at jobsites and our employee's homes...everyone acts like I turned water in wine.
This post was edited on 5/2/20 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 5/2/20 at 12:51 pm to Chieeefs
Nice. Never heard of this.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 11:16 pm to Chieeefs
Are you familiar with a mimo setup for the directional antennas? I have 2 wilson directionals and I'm getting ready to put them in place. I have seen different configurations online and I am trying to decide. I may have to just do trial and error. If you have done this setup, what works best in your opinion?
Posted on 5/11/20 at 7:14 pm to Chieeefs
First thing you should check for before LTE is fixed wireless. Literally saved my arse, it’s only 25 down and 3 up but it’s super stable. Edit: also unlimited data
This post was edited on 5/11/20 at 7:15 pm
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