sleepy
Oak Ridge,Tennessee
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We've been preparing to explore the areas a little further away... (yep, moving on to somewhere)
... laying in groceries, household products, last meals at favorite resturants (for a little while anyway) We just returned from Steamboat Bills...
Today we bought fuel for our truck at Murphy's (Walmart)$3.579/gallon for diesel at the Nelson Road, Lake Charles store.
We visited the L Arberge Casino... dumped tanks, filled water tank. We then actually went into the Casino and Hotel.... very nice. No tobacco smoke, very clean, and modern. We didn't do the gambling stuff... don't know how.
We are presently along the lake for what is probably our last night here for awhile.
Silver... it has been cold at night... 54°F last night... 82°F today. We are wearing out the PlatCat vented catalytic heater. I'm much too old to snuggle everynight!
Getting pictures downloaded to Photo Bucket has been a pain... more bandwidth than I want to use on our MiFi... If I don't get a better deal from Verizon I'll be switching... the end of April our contract is up.
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SpknTC
Pacific Northwest, Wa.
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sleepy wrote:
Getting pictures downloaded to Photo Bucket has been a pain... more bandwidth than I want to use on our MiFi... If I don't get a better deal from Verizon I'll be switching... the end of April our contract is up.
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Sleepy
Curious which way you plan to go?
We have verizon mifi also (through our son's acct.) but I don't like the data limit or having it sit for 6 months while the TC is in hibernation. Our cell phone is through T-mobile which gets better reception at our house vs verizon which is more important and overrides switching accts. However, out camping our T-mobile didn't work and this is what caused us to get the verizon mifi. Gosh I hate paying for this stuff!
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rmarshall
Louisa, Va, , US
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jamminalong wrote:sleepy wrote:
Getting pictures downloaded to Photo Bucket has been a pain... more bandwidth than I want to use on our MiFi... If I don't get a better deal from Verizon I'll be switching... the end of April our contract is up.
Thanks for viewing our pages, and for your comments, PM's, and EMails
Sleepy
Curious which way you plan to go?
We have verizon mifi also (through our son's acct.) but I don't like the data limit or having it sit for 6 months while the TC is in hibernation. Our cell phone is through T-mobile which gets better reception at our house vs verizon which is more important and overrides switching accts. However, out camping our T-mobile didn't work and this is what caused us to get the verizon mifi. Gosh I hate paying for this stuff!
Ditto here!!! I like the way my Verizon MiFi works and it is great in the TC almost anywhere, but 5GB/month is very inadequate. If anyone finds a better solution that costs around $5o/month please report it in this thread. Verizon is cramping my style badly - especially with even small videos. I need something better!!!
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silversand
Montreal
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....mobile internet:
Doesn't Millenicom have a 4G "hotspot plan" on Verizon with 20GB/mo for the $89 range (this is the unthrottled high-speed LTE data). ? This plan used to be $69/mo, recently increased...
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silversand
Montreal
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....on the road, we often (if interesting meteorological phenomena are imminent) use an analytical software (McIDAS-), and draw satellite and radar data (ingesting real-time satellite/radar) from myriad open ADDE etc servers (I always like to see my radar sweep view displayed in 3D), and can chew up 2 gigabytes of bandwidth A DAY. This requires a full unrestricted bandwidth Internet access difficult to find "on the road"...
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JumboJet
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sleepy wrote: We didn't do the gambling stuff... don't know how.
Sleepy
They will be glad to teach you, or you could just go ahead and hand them your money and say thanks!
When I look at a Casino/Hotel, I always say to myself - "They didn't build this with my winnings".
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JoeChiOhki
Sauvie Island, OR
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silversand wrote:....mobile internet:
Doesn't Millenicom have a 4G "hotspot plan" on Verizon with 20GB/mo for the $89 range (this is the unthrottled high-speed LTE data). ? This plan used to be $69/mo, recently increased...
Yeah, that's the only one left. The Bring your own device plan and Unlimited data plans were both discontinued.
We have one of the old grandfathered unlimited verizon plans which we use as our primary internet, on average we consume between 30-40 gigs a month with regular use of Netflix, Vudu, and Hulu.
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Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli
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We have ATT with 10 gig shared and includes texting for 130.00 a month. Service has been pretty reliable. Still a lot of money a month. You have to buy a phone with this plan no freebies.
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sleepy
Oak Ridge,Tennessee
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We decided to go south... jammin arranged for attachaffla man to contact me.
We drove due south on highways 14 and 27 to the Gulf. We stopped at the Cameron Prairie National wildlife Refuge
We then headed for Texas after crossinga ferry. We entered at Port Arthur.
Yesterday we followed the coast... crossing another ferry to Galviston where we reprovisioned.
We boondocked on the beach at Surfside just north of Freeport... nice... no one
else within within 5 miles.... liked it so well that we are still here
The beach is beautiful, the temps are great, the books are good, the beach is easy walking... migritory birds are flying
Good trip... pictures are great...
Sleepy
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SpknTC
Pacific Northwest, Wa.
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Too bad you couldn't hook up with A.M. maybe next time around. Good chat with you and I'll keep you posted on solar.
Tell Janet enjoy the sunshine!!
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