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turbopilot · 02-16-2019, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by redbaron73

Yes, this is for my AT&T sim. I will be using the pepwave for Verizon

And that is the bottom line. For those of us with Verizon as our primary carrier we are now stuck on CAT 6 modems until the CAT 18 modems start to appear in integrated devices.

travelinJ · 03-02-2019, 12:18 PM

Here is an interesting bit of data. We are at a rural campground with excellent Wifi which is free. Our RV is facing the campground Wifi antenna located about twenty feet away. With the Wifiranger Skypro3 our speeds were 6.28 Mbps Down and 4.38 Mbps Up. With the PepWave using only rabbit ears antenna and a VZN SIM card 40.7 Mbps Down and 9.34 Mbps Up. These samples were taken within minutes of each other.
This is just the reality of free WiFi bandwidth. Campground WiFi is great for what it is designed for, email and light browsing.

creativepart · 03-02-2019, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeHogan

This is just the reality of free WiFi bandwidth. Campground WiFi is great for what it is designed for, email and light browsing.

That is all true... but 4+ mbps down is plenty fast for TV streaming and when it's available from free WiFi we take it. Netflix says 2 mbps is adequate for 720 resolution streaming. 5+ mbps will get you to 1080 video streaming.

Try using www.fast.com for speed testing. It's owned and operated by Netflix. It does a great job of real world speed testing.

Also, note that campground wifi speeds will vary all day and night long depending on how many other users are taking up bandwidth. Same is true for Cell broadband.

docj · 03-02-2019, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by creativepart

That is all true... but 4+ mbps down is plenty fast for TV streaming and when it's available from free WiFi we take it. Netflix says 2 mbps is adequate for 720 resolution streaming. 5+ mbps will get you to 1080 video streaming.

To put it slightly differently, unless you're trying to watch 4K video content, what can you do at 40Mbps that is all that different or better from what you would do with 6Mbps? Sure, if you're downloading huge files speed is always important, but for video these speeds are quite adequate as long as they are reasonably stable.

travelinJ · 03-02-2019, 04:26 PM

My example is to show the disparity. Yes you can make do with 5Mbps.
I am at an excellent campground literally within 20 Feet of a multiple Wifi antenna array, which from the looks of it is very new.
Also in the RV there are at least two laptops, two phones, and a HD TV competing for signal.

Yes this is a first world " problem" 😁

NealC · 03-02-2019, 06:40 PM

The problem with the CG wifi is that speed demonstrated above is not consistent. After dinner Internet via CG wifi is probably unusable. Security may be an issue too depending on how they have it setup. I like to test CG wifi just to see who is going above and beyond the 5 MB standard and who also can maintain speeds at congested times of the day. In the end, cellular is consistent usually and far better these days to use until CG's want to provide a better service to all users as most don't have our Internet setups.

docj · 03-02-2019, 06:54 PM

I think it's fair to say that CG WiFi speeds, on the average, have been steadily improving. At least part of that change is being driven by younger owners taking over from retiring parents. The emergence of younger owners IMO is a health sign for the CG industry. At the Outdoor Hospitality and KOA Expos in 2018 there were many younger owners present, some with their aging parents, many on their own.

One thing younger owners bring to the business is a far better understanding of the importance of WiFi to their customer base. Unlike their parents who may have regarded the internet as just a way to check their email (and probably AOL at that), younger owners usually recognize that this is a service many customers regard as a must have.

mmstump · 11-10-2019, 12:55 PM

Can you speak to how you were able to connect My Rozie to your Pepwave router? I would like to do this as well.

walkerhound · 11-11-2019, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mmstump

Can you speak to how you were able to connect My Rozie to your Pepwave router? I would like to do this as well.

good question. It is part of my to do list to get a pepwave to replace my jeckpacks. On page 179 in our coach manual to shows a WIFI Connection button, but your question prompted me to check out my silverleaf panel. I do not have that button, so I am going to be stuck when the day comes.

I am adding the question to list for my Dec 2nd visit to Newmar for service.