Mobile WiFi...What do you use/recommend?

I have tried and at one time have all three popular  cell networks  at G, hit or miss for sure

My new rule is "the best Starlink is your friends Starlink"... we have atleast 3 in camp every trip -

 
No on the cellular. On busy trips it gets congested just like the phones do. Starlink all the way and the foam plan. It’s ~700 startup and 150 a month when you use it, pause anytime. The in motion one would be great if you needed it while on the go but the roam is just fine, 15 minute setup wherever you go and you are dialed in. 

Network: DontAskForWifi

PW: GTFOffMyLawn🖕

 
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I’ll sell you this state of the art dish for 5K. This will solve all of your connectivity issues guaranteed.  Don’t try to haggle the price down, I know what I have.  May or may not kill small birds flying in a one mile radius.

 
Starlink users, how is your service on busy weekends like this year’s Halloween/Camp RZR weekend? I saw a lot of dishes deployed out there. Was is still fast wifi?

 
Guy in our group for Vets had Starlink free to connect to but it wasn't very impressive....was that due to such a busy weekend?  

 
10 families in our group have Starlink and I have passwords to 5 of them. I'll have the rest by next week. @CHRIS Jhook a brother up! Already have Frick's.

 
I was able to jump on Starlink this past week and I'm sold.  A big thank you to those that hooked a brother up.  It worked great.

I'll be getting Starlink in the near future after I work out some other bugs on the moho.

 
In motion is only needed if you want to have internet while driving.

If you only care when you are stationary, then get the cheap one.

234Mbps last trip on Pad 5.  It rips!!!!!!

 
Adam G said:
Starlink users, how is your service on busy weekends like this year’s Halloween/Camp RZR weekend? I saw a lot of dishes deployed out there. Was is still fast wifi?
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I had a ton of people on mine all week leading up to Vets and it was fine. A few VPNs for work, constant streaming, etc... speed tests weren't great with a dozen or so devices connected but it worked with no issues. 

Saturday morning I changed the password and kicked everyone off, put the dish on top of a 20' pole and used it for the ceremony broadcast. The speedtest with only 3 users at the flag pole was ~5x faster than at camp but we still had some snags pushing the ceremony broadcast through. Working to find out what the particular issue was with the stream so that can be fixed for next year.

All that said, it's the best game in town for general use.

I would highly recommend having the router set up on an inverter, even if it's a small harbor freight one dedicated just for that https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/automotive-accessories/inverters/400-watt-continuous800-watt-peak-modified-sine-wave-power-inverter-56496.html  - avoiding the reboot time when power is cycled is worth the $50 or whatever it takes to avoid it imo.

 
FWIW, I would never use a modified sinewave inverter on anything that has electronics in it, especially communication stuff.  True sinewave only.  microwave, coffee pot, wall warts, etc, no problem.  Router, satellite, etc, true only.  Yes they are a good bit more expensive. 

 
L.R.S. said:
10 families in our group have Starlink and I have passwords to 5 of them. I'll have the rest by next week. @CHRIS Jhook a brother up! Already have Frick's

L.R.S. said:
10 families in our group have Starlink and I have passwords to 5 of them. I'll have the rest by next week. @CHRIS Jhook a brother up! Already have Frick's.
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Hahaha you can have mine bro all good
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Good info to know. Just received my Starlink, I’m lookin forward to tryin it out at Gordon’s.  I don’t watch much tv but it’ll be nice for the kids in the morning and evening to be able to watch their movies. 

 
L.R.S. said:
10 families in our group have Starlink and I have passwords to 5 of them. I'll have the rest by next week. @CHRIS Jhook a brother up! Already have Frick's.
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I think you got mine, right?

To the OP, "hotspots" are still just dependent on mobile coverage (aka 4/5G).  They tend to have more powerful receivers and get better signal than a mobile phone, but they aren't going to do anything when there is no signal or do much better in situations like G where alllllllllll the phones are hitting one tower.  There are things like WeBoost that have WAY more power and will get you signal much further from good coverage, some of my Broverland buddies use them.  But you're still just riding the mobile networks.  As for Wifi boosters, those do work well but all you're doing there is making your Wifi network more reachable, if the Wifi network isn't backed by a solid internet connection that does nothing.  

Starlink or other satellite internet services are really the only solution.  I had the RV unit hard-mounted on my RV, and it works in motion too.  It's awesome.  The only downside is I'm paying a monthly fee and can't use it at home since I park the RV in the garage.  I hope someday Starlink makes it easy to have multiple devices and swap your "service" between them.  I'd like to have one on the house, or at least a portable one I setup a permanent stand and hard-wire (with quick-connects) that I could also swap onto my truck and Four Wheel Camper for Broverlanding.  But I don't really want to pay for a whole 2nd subscription (and continue to pay my home internet, because I need that online at all times even if I'm off RV'in or Broverlanding for my security system and other things).  

-TJ

 
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Starlink is fantastic. I put the in motion system on my boat in Alaska and it works great. I can be in a remote bay or cove 50 miles from nearest civilization and get internet at 200 mbps. I plan to put it on my MOHO next. 

 
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I think you got mine, right?

-TJ
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Didn't know you had it. But now that I think about it of course you had it hard mounted on the RV and not sitting on the ground outside like everyone else. I'll get it from you next week.

 
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