I completely understand we were in the same boat for years now spectrum's the only game in town until we found connecten we all know wireless carriers get good or bad good or bad in different areas over time the ability to change networks is what led us to them. That said I've got a lot more to come and there's nothing wrong with being frugal. 😂

The way I look at my "cheapness", is that it allows me the freedom to splurge whenever I want. @@thefrugalhomestead7873

That may be true in some areas but with an equipment cost of $600 here in the US not sure what it is in Canada and a service charge monthly of $150 to $250 for the mobility package there is a huge price difference here. And with their mobility service costing $250 to be able to move it I think people in rural or van life for RV live that are traveling to rural areas This is a good option. The biggest problem I see was starlink is half the time the website puts you on a waiting list and the other half the time it completes the order. I have absolutely no doubt that there's plenty of places in Canada that you have to have starlink cuz it's the only option

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 I absolutely got your point. They charge for a refurbed starlink basic version (not the free movement option) 250 CAD hardware and 140 CAD monthly (free movement 170CAD) for 160Mbit up and down unlimited ( I had times I got 270Mbit down - amazing). I ordered online and delivery was 5 days later. Plugged it in - downloaded the app - done. works perfectly ever since. The moment I got other options, I will switch cuz I am no fan of transhumanists :P

Can't guarantee any speed as it depends on what towers are around. But if you can't get cable or fiber this is a much more cost effective solution than starlink and you get the benefit of whichever tower is fastest is what it will connect to. And considering starlink just doubled its mobile unit cost and is up in its equipment prices I'm glad I chose this route

I’m in the same exact boat. Seriously debating on getting it and also purchasing an external antenna to put on the house to get top speeds

Yes this is totally wireless. Don't eat anything hooked up to it other than power This is better than visible because you can hook it to any of the three networks you can take it with you and if you don't have good Verizon service you can just hit them up with an email and they'll change you to whatever one of the three big providers you want .

It also should be mentioned that the hotspot on visible is limited to three to five megabits per second. This has no limits on speed as you could see in the video I was averaging anywhere from 40 on T-Mobile and Verizon to well over 150 mbps on AT&t.

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 got it. I was pretty clear on what you were saying. He's retired and not in need of anything crazy or you know high-speed he just wants reliable service. So far visible has worked out pretty well for him except for on a couple of occasions and that had to do once with phone service not being able to get a text message in or out and then once were the internet was out and that really posed a problem for him. The issue is it doesn't matter that he has the availability of the other networks on this device they don't work there. I had service on all three networks the last time I visited there and none of them worked but Verizon. Zero signal. He doesn't travel, etc. retired. I was reading on the website and I just could not find where it said anything about possibly amplifying a signal or being able to pluck it out way out there in the sticks because everybody out there will tell you if you don't have Verizon you're just SOL. I don't even know if starlink works out there or it's available and initial cost and monthly cost is too expensive for him. 😕

A VPN works fine as far as how well it works depends on which VPN you're using not the internet service. We use surfshark and it works great

That's correct. You can use the ethernets if you want a wire connection or the wireless connections it has both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

They have a contract with all three currently I don't know of any other service that has all three in one sim. You can request to be locked to one but it auto connects to the fastest one which is excellent if you have multiple towers from different providers in your area. This literally makes it different from every other service that I have ever seen.

Wanderlust but depending on where you live adventure plan just as good

That's true it's just a little harder to pick up and take with you. And I'm not sure how much it is for new customers now cuz there was just a price hike. For stationary though that's pretty much the best option. 👍

I confirm.... starlink in rural Canada is the only reliable option you have got...

How speeds been lately?

@@jeezze07 Great question. checked this morning and it was a messly 144Mbps. used to be over 300Mbps. speed has been cut in half.. Although streaming movies every night I don't notice any slowdown.

We don't get commission off this you do get a discount ordering through that link though. 👌

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 Did you opt for the Wanderlust unlimited/priority plan?

i have second to top plan@@BlainsTube

It is on the Verizon prepaid servers now so much better than it was back when I made this video when they were on the cloud servers. I find that the ping time are generally on par with spectrum cable Internet at my work. Obviously if you're closer to a window you're going to get a better result. Direct tethering to your game system would obviously give you the best internet. I know many people are getting rid of their internet to save money by just having visible.

Yes sadly that promotion has ended. I also went to the description box and removed the free router deal from there as well

The price you see on the link is a discount if you use that link

Yes

That is only for if you want just one service. It will automatically switch between the providers to the fastest speed at the time of use or you can unplug it to manually do that. This allows you the fastest speed at the point of use. But yes if you want to wait for the feature to manually switch providers because you want to lock on to only one then you can wait but they are almost instantaneous during the day of doing it and answering emails

Not at the current moment but US Cellular is terrible. That said u.s Cellular is also dead they got sold to T-Mobile. Here's a bit of an article about it T-Mobile is acquiring US Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal that includes wireless operations, customers, stores, and around 30% of spectrum assets. The deal was announced in May 2024 and is expected to close in mid-2025. US Cellular

@thefrugalhomestead7873 good to know,thank you

@thefrugalhomestead7873 I was asking, because there is a us cellular tower 1/2 mile from us

I asked them... yup we would all be able to connect

Yep

Which map I didn't know maps told you speeds

Cell mapper shows the towers and coverage on a map and the my LTE was right on the with map 40mps@@thefrugalhomestead7873