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05-20-2021, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Texas Boomers Club Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Location: NW Houston TX
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Visible for RV internet?
Saw a few videos about Visible, who is using Visible for RV internet? How is it working out for you in real life? What are you doing to get the best speeds and connections? Would you recommend it?
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05-20-2021, 08:37 PM
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My Visible just works every time I use it, it's a fine deal for $25 a month. The download speeds are up and down all the time, but I quit checking the speed and just use the service.
Would I rely on it for my only internet service? No
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05-20-2021, 10:34 PM
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Visible essentially sells leftover (low priority) data capacity on Verizon at a discount price. On an underutilized tower you may not see any speed difference than a native Verizon customer and on a busy tower speeds can slow to the point of uselessness, and everything in-between. This leads to the Jekyll-Hyde user reports of great/terrible service, and they are not mutually exclusive. In my experience speeds were not great, but as above were OK as long as you weren't doing constant speed tests and just used the service. I found that most of the time service was acceptable but occasionally (too often for me unfortunately) speeds were unacceptably slow.
My view would be that if you want a deal and can tolerate some periods of poor service quality (not that many really, most of the time it's fine) then it can be a great deal. But if you need reliable service for work or other critical purposes then you will need a backup plan on another carrier (which kind of negates the price advantage.) Basically it costs only $25 to find out if it will work for you, so why not give it a try at least.
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05-21-2021, 08:14 AM
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Location: West Side, Michigan
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We use Visable. Pretty good speeds normally. If you find yourself in a place where Verizon towers are spaced far apart or if you are using a tower that has a lot of use you will not get the best speeds or connections. Having said that we don’t rely on Visible for work or employment so we get by just fine.
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05-21-2021, 08:35 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Location: Merritt, BC
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Lots of helpful information in the following long running thread. Start with post #10 for the basics.
https://www.irv2.com/forums/f53/40-m...ed-442091.html
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2017 Tiffin Phaeton 40QBH
2014 Jeep Cherokee Limited
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05-21-2021, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Plymouth, MN
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I have had Visible for two years and have had no problems. It is my only phone and internet connection.
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2005 Born Free 24' Rear Bath - Towing 2016 Mini Cooper convertible
Minneapolis, MN
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05-21-2021, 10:25 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Buxton, North Dakota
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I have Visible, the AT&T Mobley and T-Mobile. I have found where Visible is real slow AT&T is fine and Vice versa. T-Mobile I have found to be very spotty.
I just returned from a trip out west. Visible and AT&T both worked well in Las Vegas and Casa Grande where we spent 3 weeks.
We spent 2 weeks in Monterey, CA and neither Visible or AT&T worked where we were parked. I bought the T-Mobile Hotspot 100 GB for $50 and it worked extremely well. Funny thing was I had a very good signal and speed on the Verizon network when I was in the T-Mobile store.
Only T-Mobile worked reliably as we went across Nevada on I-80.
In Wyoming the Visible worked well in Rock Springs. In Spearfish, SD the Visible worked well.
I think for $25/mo it is worth having
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05-22-2021, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Another thing to consider is that Visible only works on the Verizon LTE network. No roaming, no 3G/2G, even on Verizon.
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ernieh
2019 Phaeton 37BH
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05-22-2021, 08:02 PM
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Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: May 2012
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I have Visible in the coach for internet and a Verizon phone for talking. In most cases where my Verizon has been good, I'm able to stream TV on the Visible.
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2019 Newmar Ventana 4369
2015 Ford Edge Titanium
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05-22-2021, 08:56 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smiller
Visible essentially sells leftover (low priority) data capacity on Verizon at a discount price. On an underutilized tower you may not see any speed difference than a native Verizon customer and on a busy tower speeds can slow to the point of uselessness, and everything in-between. This leads to the Jekyll-Hyde user reports of great/terrible service, and they are not mutually exclusive. In my experience speeds were not great, but as above were OK as long as you weren't doing constant speed tests and just used the service. I found that most of the time service was acceptable but occasionally (too often for me unfortunately) speeds were unacceptably slow.
My view would be that if you want a deal and can tolerate some periods of poor service quality (not that many really, most of the time it's fine) then it can be a great deal. But if you need reliable service for work or other critical purposes then you will need a backup plan on another carrier (which kind of negates the price advantage.) Basically it costs only $25 to find out if it will work for you, so why not give it a try at least.
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Do you have Visible yourself or is this what you have heard?
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2001 Alpine 36FDDS (74291)-3900W Solar, 13,440Wh (525Ah @24V) LiFePO4
2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk (Hemi)
2006 Alpenlite 32RL - Sold
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05-22-2021, 09:16 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Hilley
I have Visible, the AT&T Mobley and T-Mobile. I have found where Visible is real slow AT&T is fine and Vice versa. T-Mobile I have found to be very spotty.
I just returned from a trip out west. Visible and AT&T both worked well in Las Vegas and Casa Grande where we spent 3 weeks.
We spent 2 weeks in Monterey, CA and neither Visible or AT&T worked where we were parked. I bought the T-Mobile Hotspot 100 GB for $50 and it worked extremely well. Funny thing was I had a very good signal and speed on the Verizon network when I was in the T-Mobile store.
Only T-Mobile worked reliably as we went across Nevada on I-80.
In Wyoming the Visible worked well in Rock Springs. In Spearfish, SD the Visible worked well.
I think for $25/mo it is worth having
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I have had similar experience(s). We too have a Mobley plan running in a Netgear Night Hawk with a Mobile Mark MIMO antenna mounted on the roof of our Class A and it is definitely our primary internet service.
We have Visible as a backup as well as a second phone number for personal reasons as both numbers are available on my iPhone 11. There have been a few instances where Visible has had better speed than AT&T but most of the time has a better signal and is faster.
We are also beta testing a StarLink system right now and as soon as they have their mobile system worked out I see that becoming our primary with the Mobley as a backup. Starlink speeds are pretty amazing at 250-300Mb downloads.....
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2001 Alpine 36FDDS (74291)-3900W Solar, 13,440Wh (525Ah @24V) LiFePO4
2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk (Hemi)
2006 Alpenlite 32RL - Sold
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05-23-2021, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul65k
Do you have Visible yourself or is this what you have heard?
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I used Visible for about a year and a half and those were my experiences.
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