Comments on: Full-timing RV essentials part #1 http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/ RV Campground & Camping Information - RV, Motorhome, Camper, Travel Trailer & 5th Wheel Owners Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:27:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Katherine Prawl http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-83073 Katherine Prawl Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:30:28 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-83073 Hi Tony, Just wanted to say thanks again for the info about the Cradlepoint and 3G Store. We're getting ready to travel again next month, and since I've started an online Masters degree program, the wireless access point will be critical, not just a nice-to-have. It worked so well last winter & spring I'm confident we'll continue to be happy with it. It was fun meeting the guys from 3G Store in Albuquerque, too! I was astonished that they remembered my name, and that you had referred me to them. For your readers who worry about paying double for internet access when they're not on the road, it was no trouble at all to ask Verizon to suspend our account temporarily while we were home for the summer. Good results all around! Cheers, Kat Hi Tony, Just wanted to say thanks again for the info about the Cradlepoint and 3G Store. We’re getting ready to travel again next month, and since I’ve started an online Masters degree program, the wireless access point will be critical, not just a nice-to-have. It worked so well last winter & spring I’m confident we’ll continue to be happy with it. It was fun meeting the guys from 3G Store in Albuquerque, too! I was astonished that they remembered my name, and that you had referred me to them.

For your readers who worry about paying double for internet access when they’re not on the road, it was no trouble at all to ask Verizon to suspend our account temporarily while we were home for the summer. Good results all around!

Cheers,
Kat

]]> By: Wireless On the Go | NewMedia On the Go http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-66096 Wireless On the Go | NewMedia On the Go Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:03:11 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-66096 [...] after reading an article by Tony Cornett on RV.Net, in which he discusses some of the essentials for fulltime RV living, I called up the 3G [...] [...] after reading an article by Tony Cornett on RV.Net, in which he discusses some of the essentials for fulltime RV living, I called up the 3G [...]

]]> By: Tony Cornett http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65266 Tony Cornett Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:04:27 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-65266 Woody the link is below and no you aren't losing your mind as it wasn't there. I had it down and was resizing the pics lol and you happened to look for it at that very moment! Not sure on the USB 2 requirement, I'll check... On edit all I saw on their ebsite was the term "any usb port"?? So I really am not sure since all my stuff has usb2 ports. http://firedude.thefiredude.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=802&Itemid=61 Woody the link is below and no you aren’t losing your mind as it wasn’t there. I had it down and was resizing the pics lol and you happened to look for it at that very moment!

Not sure on the USB 2 requirement, I’ll check…

On edit all I saw on their ebsite was the term “any usb port”?? So I really am not sure since all my stuff has usb2 ports.

http://firedude.thefiredude.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=802&Itemid=61

]]> By: Steve Headley http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65265 Steve Headley Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:04:12 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-65265 Question on the magic jack. My laptop is older and has the original usb version 1, as oppose to the faster usb 2. Do you happen to know if the older USB technology is enough for magic jack? Question on the magic jack. My laptop is older and has the original usb version 1, as oppose to the faster usb 2. Do you happen to know if the older USB technology is enough for magic jack?

]]> By: Woody http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65262 Woody Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:46 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-65262 OK, I'm Blind. Where is the review of Magic Jack on your website? Maybe your review tells, but what type of phone, setup do you use? Can you use an old analog phone? Enjoy your articles. Woody OK, I’m Blind. Where is the review of Magic Jack on your website? Maybe your review tells, but what type of phone, setup do you use? Can you use an old analog phone? Enjoy your articles.
Woody

]]> By: Tony Cornett http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65257 Tony Cornett Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:34:47 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-65257 Hiya John! We must have just missed each other at thew cyber store! I love my setup and the cost compared to options was great I think. As far as Magic Jack it won't work well with National Access, but works well for me in evdo however I'm finding more and more evdo everywhere I go. They are expanding in leaps and bounds daily. Even more so now with the economy trying to keep up with the competition. My brother is as network engineer and he says they can't keep up with expansion so more contract installers are hired every day to keep up the pace. RV Notebook has been around for a few years and sure has saved me a lot of grief! i was getting files for different thing scattered all over my computer and forgetting where they were and having to search so it paid for itself pretty quick lol Now I've been able to cut back on my Ibuprofen saving a bundle ;-) Hiya John!
We must have just missed each other at thew cyber store! I love my setup and the cost compared to options was great I think.

As far as Magic Jack it won’t work well with National Access, but works well for me in evdo however I’m finding more and more evdo everywhere I go. They are expanding in leaps and bounds daily. Even more so now with the economy trying to keep up with the competition. My brother is as network engineer and he says they can’t keep up with expansion so more contract installers are hired every day to keep up the pace.

RV Notebook has been around for a few years and sure has saved me a lot of grief! i was getting files for different thing scattered all over my computer and forgetting where they were and having to search so it paid for itself pretty quick lol

Now I’ve been able to cut back on my Ibuprofen saving a bundle ;-)

]]> By: John Shelton http://blog.rv.net/2009/01/full-timing-essentials-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65255 John Shelton Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:59:45 +0000 http://blog.rv.net/?p=3168#comment-65255 Several good tips here, Tony. Strange that we haven't met before as we seem to be following each other around to online electronics stores. My wife and I travel, each with our own laptop computer customized as we desire. A Verizon USB aircard in conjunction with a Cradlepoint MBR 1000 (also from 3G store) keeps us both online without having to share online time, and does so quite conveniently. We can be both online together or separately. We also, on occasion, share a connection with friends we meet along the way who need a WiFi connection to check their email, etc. We have a magic jack phone at home to supplement our cell phones and I have connected it to cable WiFi internet connection away from home before, but never tried it with the aircard. I have assumed that since my Windows Home Server remote connection would not work with the aircard, that magic jack also would not work. It has been my understanding that even though it (the aircard) is presented as a broadband service, it is actually wireless dial-up. Download speeds outside the urban areas where EVDO is not available and you are on NationalAccess seems to confirm this. Anyway, I will bring my magic jack with me on my next trip (next week) and will try that out. Thank you for the mention that has prompted me to check it out. I will also have to check out the RV'ers Notebook software. This is a piece of software that I have not heard of before. Thanks again for the mention. Keep up the good work. John Several good tips here, Tony. Strange that we haven’t met before as we seem to be following each other around to online electronics stores. My wife and I travel, each with our own laptop computer customized as we desire. A Verizon USB aircard in conjunction with a Cradlepoint MBR 1000 (also from 3G store) keeps us both online without having to share online time, and does so quite conveniently. We can be both online together or separately. We also, on occasion, share a connection with friends we meet along the way who need a WiFi connection to check their email, etc.

We have a magic jack phone at home to supplement our cell phones and I have connected it to cable WiFi internet connection away from home before, but never tried it with the aircard. I have assumed that since my Windows Home Server remote connection would not work with the aircard, that magic jack also would not work. It has been my understanding that even though it (the aircard) is presented as a broadband service, it is actually wireless dial-up. Download speeds outside the urban areas where EVDO is not available and you are on NationalAccess seems to confirm this. Anyway, I will bring my magic jack with me on my next trip (next week) and will try that out. Thank you for the mention that has prompted me to check it out.

I will also have to check out the RV’ers Notebook software. This is a piece of software that I have not heard of before. Thanks again for the mention.

Keep up the good work.

John

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