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Well, as I said above, we've been happy with using a repeater/booster, for around $500 with antennas. It works with any device inside the RV and any carrier it's on. So you could stick a phone near it, or a data device. The downside is that the "boosted" range is rather small, maybe 5'. But if we're doing calls we use wireless headphones. For data, if we're using the devices themselves, it's usually right by where the inside antenna is (which is movable). If we're using the laptops via the phone's data connection, the range is great and then we just set the phones by the inside antenna.

No, haven't met any of those at all.

The repeater does data also, and so far it's doing the job we need. We haven't spent enough time in places with bad coverage to see if we need something like the Pepwave. Funny...we own a VoIP company. That's why we need cell service mostly, to still run the company.

Those who are leaving in droves due to the oppressive political and tax climate.

Ah, ok, so you're comparing enhanced data with unenhanced voice, got it. We have a cellular amp/repeater so everything is enhanced.

The small crate is probably the better choice. The crate should be just barely bigger than the dog. Sounds like the home crate is too big.

All cell services will be fully LTE soon, and that's where the speed is so you want that. "East coast" is a big place and there's no one answer on a carrier for all of it. Verizon and AT&T beat out the others in almost all areas, but each of those is better in some areas. We have Verizon phones with 15GB each and an AT&T unlimited Mobley, so we have choices depending on location.

I've never once been in a place where data works and voice does not. Where was this?? I get all my business calls via VoIP and just last night I had to hang up two calls and return them as a regular cellular voice call (far NW Phoenix area, sketchy coverage).

Crates should be sized to the dog. There shouldn't be a large and small crate in different locations. Ideally they should be as alike as possible to reduce stress. Every dog is different, we just went through a puppy phase and this one didn't chew on anything improper. I don't know if it's just his personality, or that we used the crate a lot, or that we made sure to have a huge amount of toys around for him. But I would definitely suggest a few toys, and always redirect any chewing by a simple "no" and giving a toy at the same time.

Person to person Payoneer is free, just like Zelle. It may or may not matter, but Zelle happens in seconds, and Payoneer happens in a few hours. For service providers and merchants, there is a pretty stiff fee which makes card fees look cheap. Zelle is US-only, while Payoneer is nearly global. Zelle is built into most bank web sites and apps, while Payoneer requires you to sign up for it, just like Paypal and the other apps. I've never met someone who uses it, this is the first time I've heard someone talk about it outside the tech circles. It's probably more popular outside the US, where there aren't as many choices.

I don't have links for you. I have worked in telecom for three decades and study this stuff all the time, but have no reason to save any links and sources. You can certainly google it and find the answers. I wouldn't bother wasting time training Verizon store people for them, there are 100k more idiots like him at other stores.

Data is deprioritized. Again, I covered it in careful detail before in this thread.

Not true at all, not even a little bit. See my post about data prioritization.

You pee on his tires and lick him twice?

We camped in Prescott this weekend with our CA refugee friends. They live in the forest and about half their neighbors are also CA refugees. Our friend carries 24x7 right now...because he can.

Not so bad...LOL. I don't have sub-10 mags for some guns. I carry in case there's a threat to our lives, so unloaded guns are like fire extinguishers with padlocks on the discharge handle. I carry in a lockable under-seat storage tray, unlocked while driving. Now it has to be locked. And I'm not sure I'd be safe as some cop could equate that with "center console or glove compartment" if he wanted to. None of my handguns are on the CA roster...though that seems to mean they can't be sold as new in CA, but you can possess. I think. I have one rifle that is CA legal, but I'm pretty sure none of the others are.

Visible is fully owned by Verizon themselves, but legally run as an MVNO. Same with Cricket and AT&T. You will absolutely receive the same radio signal coverage with Visible as with Verizon. Part of what "gives" is that Visible and direct prepaid customers get a different support group, which may not be as great, and they get de-prioritized data. I've never had issues with customer service using direct prepaid Verizon. And while it's already cheap, I pick up top-off cards on eBay for around another 30% off retail.

Many people mean different things by "coverage." In the literal sense of how much signal is available over an area, Visible is exactly the same as Verizon. Calls and texts will be identical. Data signal coverage is identical, but the actual data transport is de-prioritized and almost everyone else on the network gets higher priority. This means slow/jittery data during congestion on the particular cell site you're using. We use Verizon's own brand of prepaid, which has higher priority than Visible users, but lower than postpaid customers. We pay $85/mo for two devices with 15GB each.

It depends on how you define "vaping." The problem is with marijuana extracts, not with what most people call vaping. I'm unable to find any confirmation of deaths due to non-weed vaping. Are you? All I can find are things like this: So to me, it remains just another unscientific assumption spread by fear and money motivations.

Am I missing something here? This appears to simply be a Mikrotik $50 router, a $100 marine antenna, and a $110 Mikrotik Metal dual-band AP? What do you get for the extra $400?

This wasn't about DSL, only mobile data. I've never heard any allegations of throttling DSL. What wifi service do they offer?

It's important to know the laws I'll be violating in order to stay protected. When I go to CA I lock the underseat gun storage box, and stash the key. Nobody is going to be searching the vehicle in without probable cause. I was surprised to see that a few Southern states also have laws prohibiting carry in a vehicle. The RV is considered a home and you can freely keep it there in most states, minus any magazines that violate capacity restrictions in some states. I keep a Glock 27 in the tow vehicle and a tiny 38 in the trailer. I like the idea of the muzzleloader, I have a black powder revolver. I need to see if CA still considers that a firearm.

It was a good point that both 5G and vaping have been vilified by the media and people who know nothing about them, and it turns out nobody can show that either causes health issues. The vaping scare turned out to be something else entirely. The 5G stuff is equally BS.

A funny side note...I have a friend who vapes strawberry/raspberry all the time. I recently explained to her how many berry flavors contain castoreum, which is taken from the anal glands of a beaver. (Technically, the castor glands which are anus-adjacent, but I used the other terminology for effect.) In fact there's one company embracing the whole thing and they make Beaver Butt Boogie vape juice. She switched flavors. PG is not able to regulate humidity, it can only ADD humidity to about 70-75%. I don't use PG in my humidors for that reason; I use packs that can both take in and provide humidity, and run at 69% which is much better than the higher humidity of PG. Also, nice Jeep.