Does anyone tether to their phone data plan?

[6x16inside]

If so, do you find the service to be adequate enough?
More or better than a parks "free" whiffii service?

[vsheetz]

Have tethered and used hotspot device. Tethering works well, but not nearly as convenient as a hotspot device. The hotspot device is independant and always at the ready.

CG wifi is usually marginal at best... We seldom use any more.

[UncleBilly]

Had a hotspot but switched to new plan on my phone, so now it's it as the hotspot. Works fine, just need to charge it more often...

[Lv2Roam2]

We use CG WIFI and our phone hotspots about 50:50 - all depends on WIFI signal strength and bandwidth. When signals are good there's no appreciable difference in capabilities.

[bfisher003]

We rarely ever find campgrounds with good usable WiFi, so we use either our Mobley hotspot on the AT&T $20 a month unlimited plan or our Verizon Jetpack most of the time.

[wa8yxm]

Yes and no.. The plan I have
Unlimited high speed data to the phone (No throttling no limits)
10 gigs for Teather/Hot-Spot (i am at 80% this am and 10 days to go in the month) then they throttle to slow DSL speed.

Park wi-Fi can be anything from Sat (Slower than Slow DSL) to DSL (Any speed) to Fiber Optic (blazing bandwith batman)

Speed (4G) usualyu runs around 1200 KBps
Speed with Wi-Fi 5 Ghz I've hit 4500 KBps

I've asldo hit 512 (About throttled speed) with 2.4 Gig Wi-Fi on a slower park.

Have not checked where I' m at yet.. But it's slow. Using Phone now to post this.

FOX-FI (For some smart pones) may work to 'Trick" the phone company into thinking you are only using phone data.. Not hot spotting.

Will try that later. Tried it once before but did not work well however I do not knwo if I did the paid or free version. And it's been upgraded a few times since (like 5 years or more of upgrades) as in I am not sure if it was George W or Obama who was president when last I checked it (Only pointing out how long)

[TheTravler]

Originally Posted by wa8yxm

Yes and no.. The plan I have
Unlimited high speed data to the phone (No throttling no limits)
10 gigs for Teather/Hot-Spot (i am at 80% this am and 10 days to go in the month) then they throttle to slow DSL speed.

Park wi-Fi can be anything from Sat (Slower than Slow DSL) to DSL (Any speed) to Fiber Optic (blazing bandwith batman)

Speed (4G) usualyu runs around 1200 KBps
Speed with Wi-Fi 5 Ghz I've hit 4500 KBps

I've asldo hit 512 (About throttled speed) with 2.4 Gig Wi-Fi on a slower park.

Have not checked where I' m at yet.. But it's slow. Using Phone now to post this.

FOX-FI (For some smart pones) may work to 'Trick" the phone company into thinking you are only using phone data.. Not hot spotting.

Will try that later. Tried it once before but did not work well however I do not knwo if I did the paid or free version. And it's been upgraded a few times since (like 5 years or more of upgrades) as in I am not sure if it was George W or Obama who was president when last I checked it (Only pointing out how long)

We use teathering on my iPhone connected to an Apple TV to access the u-verse app, ESPN app, Amazon prime, etc from all the TVs in our RV. It works only as good as the cellular signal strength. Most places we’ve been have worked ok. Some like dam sites which are down in valleys are not so good. But it doesn’t cost me anything so it’s better than nothing. I’m considering changing to sling tv or even dish in the future once my Att u-verse contract is up.

[rk911]

Originally Posted by 6x16inside

If so, do you find the service to be adequate enough?
More or better than a parks "free" whiffii service?

we normally will use our laptop tethered to our Verizon hotspot feature to for internet activity. works very well.

[rk911]

Originally Posted by vsheetz

Have tethered and used hotspot device. Tethering works well, but not nearly as convenient as a hotspot device. The hotspot device is independant and always at the ready.

CG wifi is usually marginal at best... We seldom use any more.

I've always understood that tethering and using the hotspot were one and the same. at most parks and campgrounds i'll activate the hotspot on our phone or tablet and then connect our laptop to that hotspot. is that not tethering???

[Cooperhawk]

My DW is an Attorney and when on the road does a lot of communication due to her business. She has a Hotspot which only works when there is a good signal.

I have an IPhone and have suggested many times she get one as well. Even offered to buy it for her with some of my mad money. Nope, doesn't want to be tied to one.

Soooo, when the hotspot doesn't work, "Honey, may I use your IPhone?"

Being the nice guy I am I always let her, but again remind her that if she had her own phone she wouldn't need to pester me and use my data.

I have Verizon and it works almost anywhere in the US.

[docj]

Originally Posted by Cooperhawk

My DW is an Attorney and when on the road does a lot of communication due to her business. She has a Hotspot which only works when there is a good signal.

Maybe the solution is to trade in her old hotspot on a newer model. They aren't all alike.

[CountryFit]

have been always using phone tether as a "modem" for our entire devices, and the "modem" is always with me. i used to be with verizon now with tmo both unlimited. no need hotspot.

[RRR]

All the time. AT&T with iPhones. DW works remotely and the few campground that have WiFi aren't reliable. Some days she can work all day on the campground system, some not but then falls back on the phone. We have a 20 gig/month plan and very seldom do we run over.

We use a Roku for streaming if we want TV.

[SailorSam]

I always tether when doing financial transactions. Don't want that going thru someone else's router of let other snoop on it. For general surfing, I'll use whatever connection is available and has reasonable speed.