Breaking Down Our First Week On Connecten Internet!

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After finding all the antenna and hooking them up, 8 now, not 4. it took 2 minutes
and 22 seconds to acquire a connection to a cell tower. Sean, from ConnecTen helped
me out and provided me with a newer firmware to flash the router, as well as told
me where to look in the box to find those top secret 4 other antenna.
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@drokton 2 ай бұрын

Velcro still is a marvel

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

YOu are so right. I'm totally going to give the super strength Velcro a shot.

@RVWagginTails 2 ай бұрын

@@rvfamilylife Alien tape works well also. I mounted my Insty Connect using it and it never came off until I manually pulled (and I mean PULLED) it off the wall.

@dancurry13 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the technical info on Connecten. I hadn’t heard of it before. I look forward to the update videos!

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

I'm finding there are a number of different options out there I hadn't heard of either. I'm hoping we can get some others to try different options so we can all compare notes.

@Blakehx Ай бұрын

Bon Voyage and enjoy not Texas (98° today👎🏼)! Thanks for the update… safe travels and God Bless!

@rvfamilylife Ай бұрын

I love Texas, but I enjoy not being there in the summer. When we lived in a house I treated summer like northerners treat winter, stay inside. The positive about Texas is 9 months of nice outdoor weather.

@rogerdalpe587 2 ай бұрын

I enjoy your channel content and I ignore the static. Have fun.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

@KyleRinehart 2 ай бұрын

Great video! We’ve been considering it.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

If you try ConnecTen or another option, let me know what you did and how it works.

@cindyball7545 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for being honest about Connecten.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I really don't want to just peddle a product I don't have a whole lot of experience with yet. Thanks for joining us for the journey

@mattkaminski6618 2 ай бұрын

Use large command strips OR the 3M Dual Lock instead of the screws. Just use several strips if you go with the command strips. Should hold it fine without putting holes in your wall. We have the Peplink Max BR1 Pro 5G router and it's been mounted with the Dual Lock strips for two years without issue. Just make sure you clean and prep the surfaces properly before you mount the router.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

You know... I forgot about that. I have a small PC mounted to the wall behind the TV. And i still have the high strength velcro strips that I used to make that happen. I'm totally going to give that a try. Thank you Matt. I'll try to remember to give you a shout out when I do that and film it.

@RVingwithLuck 2 ай бұрын

I love your channel.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ralph, we love your channel too, "Sports Fans."

@newtyp_technologies 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update, yes tmobile delayed their change and made announcements yesterday. Have you tried to run an external antenna on that unit? i.e a 4x4 NIMO antenna ? Curious to know with range and also RV type as I have a RV that our standard mifi has trouble unless I am near an open window or open door to get signal. Thanks and safe travels this summer!

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

I haven't tried a better antenna yet. I totally want to, but at the moment, I need to save a few pennies first. We have an Open Range Fifth Wheel. I may try putting this thing closer to windows to see if it speeds up, interesting...

@newtyp_technologies 2 ай бұрын

@@rvfamilylife Thanks for the feedback, I too would like to try, may help get that extra range like you had mentioned in the park. I'll hope to give it a try as well soon so I'll let you know as well. Best regards !

@maylin1986 Ай бұрын

@rvfamilylife too bad you can't find a very light wired square plant holder and just hang up in front of a window, like you would a fern. Lol. I'm tempted to buy the dollar tree wire cylindrical things, to cut and form to my windows, so I can pop out the screens from my car window, so there's not double the material for a mesh screen. Like, pantyhose will work even. I just have to see if I can find a large size enough pantyhose to stretch out to my car window. But I might just buy the covers that go over the whole door window, but I like to be discreet, if at all possible. Also, is this "cheaper" than Starlink? I really don't want to go that route, if I don't have to go that route. Love the insight. ✨️✌️✨️🖖✨️

@BoondockingWithBoomer 2 ай бұрын

Hi Dave - I have been using it for 7 months - It works great from Canada to Florida to Texas and back home - I am getting rid of my Canadian Bell Canada plan and using Connecten instead because its actually faster and unlimited and its only $13 more a month - enjoy oh get a HC

@maylin1986 Ай бұрын

Is this cheaper than Starlink?

@BoondockingWithBoomer Ай бұрын

@@maylin1986 yes much cheaper then starlink $120 a month unlimited - speeds on average 15-80mbps and up here in Canada I am getting 100-200mbps - I have been all over the USA using it

@johndevlin4402 2 ай бұрын

Next time you are swinging past central SD on your travels, i'd love to see this tested out by Platte. :)

@NymsView 2 ай бұрын

We finally got ours-so far so good; in central Florida at the moment connected to Verizon.

@RVingwithLuck 2 ай бұрын

I wish you well on the internet. I look forward to future reviews. But my Winegard 360+ antenna and Gateway router continue to rock. With a Verizon data plan. We just streamed a championship fight 200’ away to a TV with my wife-fi. With the RV Wi-Fi the TV was at, couldn’t handle streaming. I seem to be the only one talking about this. I get boosted cell signal in the middle of nowhere. Connecton won’t do that.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

WOW, that doesn't sound amazing. Sometimes the technical details get glossed over and we miss out on what can handle a better distance than other items.

@RVWagginTails 2 ай бұрын

Dave, did you try the physical network ports for speed? Just curious. Let us know if you are in the Louisville KY area in May or mid June.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

I did try the physical ports when I first connected it. I may try those again just for testing purposes. We are headed to the Pacific Northwest. Won't be in your area again until 2025

@ivanlaboy 5 күн бұрын

Hi! Per Connecten website they have an option of a modem/router for outdoor mounting very ideal for van life. Why you did not considered that one?

@HappyPlaceCamping 2 ай бұрын

That thing cracks me up. It looks like something that would have fallen off an alien spaceship lol. Whoa! 12 hours would have had me quite concerned. Only a couple minutes isn't bad at all. Gotta use the tmobile thing for something. And it made me laugh that you said you cracked yourself up. I do that once in a while with myself lol. That campground you're in looks like it's somewhat empty. I like easy everything. Not just internet lol. Yeah totally not into gaming. Wouldn't need anything for that. But we stream tv. You know, like Hulu and stuff. You don't want to know how I am when things don't work lol. Good idea to wait and give a big update in a couple months. Eww on the stinky slinky. Looking forward to seeing you guys real, real soon!

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

Apparently Tmobile has postponed all their plans. They haven't said why. I'd like to think enough of us sent them a message that they're going to lose a lot of money. We are looking forward to seeing y'all too.

@happygil78 2 ай бұрын

You could ask a friend or your followers if they have a 3D printer and make a custom set of hangers for you.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

That sounds like a brilliant idea.

@richk4442 2 ай бұрын

I was told from customer service that the 50 month plan is grandfathered but you can switch to another plan . One plan includes mesh system for 75 a month

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

Mesh systems for 75 a month? That sounds very interesting. If you have a link to that I'd like to read up on it. Email me at david@rvfamily.life

@richk4442 2 ай бұрын

@@rvfamilylife go into a T-Mobile main branch and see if they have one I know the one closest to Timothy lake south has a system in stock cause I just switched for a new modem there and I could choose whichever but I don’t need mesh in my class a being single person

@richardkotowski2268 Ай бұрын

How about using the picture mount tabs for mounting to the wall without drilling in the wall good luck and many adventures

@rvfamilylife Ай бұрын

I have since used a strong Velcro, 2 strips, so far it's doing well. Thank you for the idea.

@brandoncrist1685 29 күн бұрын

How are things going with this company? We decided to try them and have been getting intermittent issues since we got them about 3 weeks in.

@daveanddianethrowingcautio5707 2 ай бұрын

Well at this point I'm glad we waited to see if the shoe actually dropped with T-Mobile. And we are technically challenged so that system may be a bit to much for our simple minds.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

I hear that the Away plan is postponed to a later date this year. Kind of a looming, 'what if' that will get revisited, maybe. I'm happy I made the jump so I can get service from other towers as we traverse the country into unknown territories (unknown for our family LOL)

@MIELKEJA Ай бұрын

Are you able to use free campground WiFi as an option for the router? It would be great to prioritize free WiFi and only use cellular data if the WiFi signal isn’t good.

@rvfamilylife Ай бұрын

Campground Wi-Fi is usually very locked down as well as very slow so it doesn't do much good for me

@candacepeterson8932 Ай бұрын

I only got 6 places to attach antennas!!!?

@jimbrown4692 2 ай бұрын

T-Mobile has put the geo lock on hold. Technical issues is there reason.😉

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

So far I'm hearing that they will bring that idea back later this year. So it leaves a looming "what if" concern.

@jimbrown4692 2 ай бұрын

I'm guessing they are hearing the rumble on the street of massive loss of revenue from the mobile subs.

@wesmagyar Ай бұрын

@@jimbrown4692not to mention the risk of lawsuits due to their sales people purposefully selling them to people who are mobile. I was sold mine at a truck stop and was never told I was only supposed to use it at my billing location. I didn't find out until I was in California and having connection issues and called support

@jjbartichek3243 2 ай бұрын

Did you have to pay 1 time rental fee for router of $199? Also, did you have to pay $100 activation fee? These seem very excessive to me. Thanks for the great content

@hdtravel1 Ай бұрын

Nice to see that you are no longer operating - ILLEGAL - on T-Mobile - keep us posted on how it works as you travel around - send that T-Mobile device back to them

@NDXmedinaQQQ 29 күн бұрын

Catman internet troll fk.. that has nothing better to do than to run his mouth behind a keyboard

@rookie3317 2 ай бұрын

It is on hold till fall . Because so many people canceled there service

@hdtravel1 Ай бұрын

If you have StarLink ( the Tesla of internet - best of the best ) why bother with any other devices at all ?

@stanburris4900 2 ай бұрын

My version of the router only has 2 wi-fi antennas. There are no connections that would allow the addition of 2 more antennas. Otherwise, the route looks the same.

@rvfamilylife 2 ай бұрын

How is your wifi with the ConnecTen? Does it work well for you?

@stanburris4900 2 ай бұрын

@@rvfamilylife I am in the process of testing my 2nd router. The 1st stopped working completely after 4 weeks. The replacement is slower than my alternate service and I am working with tech support to try to solve these issues. So far, results have not been encouraging. It does not select the best of 3 providers as advertised but rather requires their tech service to make the selection changes. Will advise as I continue to monitor. Wifi is not as robust as I would like.

@stanburris4900 2 ай бұрын

I have now been advised by tech services that the router does not automatically select the best carrier but that the change must be made by their support staff. This eliminates one of the advantages touted for the system and requires both user and tech support intervention when connection issues arise. Download and upload speeds remain slower than my other system and I have experienced total loss of signal on at least 2 occasions. Manual switching by tech support shows, so far, ATT to be the best selection. I took the router to remote locations within line of sight of ATT and TMobile towers while it was still using a Verizon selection and received unimpressive results. Monitoring continues.

@stanburris4900 2 ай бұрын

I continue to test and monitor speed results with disappointing results. Download speeds are slow with averages less than 10 MBPS, Usually in the 6-7 MBPS range. Upload speeds often do not reach 1 MBPS, often in the .5-.7 range. Uploading videos would be problematical at best. Will probably be returning router and cancelling service.

@lightwiz267 2 ай бұрын

I talked to someone I know at T-Mobile and he told me that the home away was paused because they do not have enough new GPS enabled routers to replace the older ones. But it's still coming.

@redforeman-404 2 ай бұрын

No specs on that router on their website, other than it's 5g. Slow internal transfers could be a number of things. At that price point, my gut says it's wifi and or bridge bandwidth is sub par. You need the specs to be sure. For example with Gb wired switches, the cheap ones at big box stores may have 8 x Gb ports, but the internal bus they're on is only 1Gb. Find out what you have, then go from there. In other words, figure out the choke point before throwing money at your network.