filthy-beast Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 I just signed up for this is anybody else using it? https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/calyx-institute-introducing-quarterly-pricing-on-unlimited-sprint-hotspot-offering/ Quote 2020 Platinum F350 6.7L CC DRW, 2021 Riverstone Legacy 37mre 5th wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennWest Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 bur its Sprint. Service is poor last time i checked Quote 2003 Teton Grand Freedom towed with 2006 Freightliner Century 120 across the beautiful USA welding pipe.https://photos.app.goo.gl/O32ZjgzSzgK7LAyt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Joyce Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Sprint can now use T-Mobile towers, so the coverage is better than old Sprint. Quote 2004 40' Newmar Dutch Star DP towing an AWD 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Fulltimer July 2003 to October 2018, Parttimer now. Travels through much of 2013 - http://www.sacnoth.com - Bill, Diane and Evita (the cat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushidog Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I use Sprint through FCMA. https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/gear/fmca-sprint/ It is an unlimited $50 a month plan with no commitment and no hard throttling once some preset limit is reached. I used 85g last month with no slowdowns experienced. You can stream Netflix and video in normal resolution, but not in high-res as there's not enough throughput - usually only 4-5mbs. I spend 5 months boondocking in wilderness areas of Arizona and Utah last year and the coverage was decent, though it did roam a lot. There were only a few places where I couldn't get a signal. In fact my wife's verizon phone had more problem getting a signal in some places than my Sprint hotspot did. There's no hard throttling, though they will slow you down on congested towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy-beast Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 hours ago, sushidog said: I use Sprint through FCMA. https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/gear/fmca-sprint/ It is an unlimited $50 a month plan with no commitment and no hard throttling once some preset limit is reached. I used 85g last month with no slowdowns experienced. You can stream Netflix and video in normal resolution, but not in high-res as there's not enough throughput - usually only 4-5mbs. I spend 5 months boondocking in wilderness areas of Arizona and Utah last year and the coverage was decent, though it did roam a lot. There were only a few places where I couldn't get a signal. In fact my wife's verizon phone had more problem getting a signal in some places than my Sprint hotspot did. There's no hard throttling, though they will slow you down on congested towers. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm going to give it a try. Quote 2020 Platinum F350 6.7L CC DRW, 2021 Riverstone Legacy 37mre 5th wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennWest Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 and please keep us informed. Quote 2003 Teton Grand Freedom towed with 2006 Freightliner Century 120 across the beautiful USA welding pipe.https://photos.app.goo.gl/O32ZjgzSzgK7LAyt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Joyce Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 It will be interesting to compare apparent coverage between the FMCA Sprint plan, which uses a Franklin hotspot, and the Calyx plans, which use hotspots that get more T-Mobile bands. But for new FMCA users this might not be an issue. A friend had the FMCA Sprint plan but the hotspot had issues, the replacement FMCA sent was an 8800 hotspot instead of the Franklin and is working great. The higher end Calyx plan uses the 8800. Quote 2004 40' Newmar Dutch Star DP towing an AWD 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Fulltimer July 2003 to October 2018, Parttimer now. Travels through much of 2013 - http://www.sacnoth.com - Bill, Diane and Evita (the cat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushidog Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 After using my Franklin hotspot reliably for about a year it quit working. I took it to a local Sprint store and they reprogrammed it for me for free. I works great again. I wish it had an external antenna jack though, to pull in signals from farther away when I'm in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure Sprint's 8000 MiFi hotspot (their version of Verizon's 8800l) is far better, but it should be for $240. I wouldn't want to buy one though as it will soon be obsolete when 5g comes out. I heard of problems with the FMCA Verizon plan that uses the 8800l hotspot. Several users reported it shut down frequently for no apparent reason and had to be rebooted. I actually called Verison about this known issue a little over a year ago and asked them about a solution. At that time they said they had none but were working on a software upgrade that would fix it. I asked them to call me when they did and I would sign up, as the Verizon is definitely faster and supposedly has better coverage. I can drop the Sprint plan any time as it is monthly with no commitment, unlike the 2 year commitment that Verizon required. They never called me and FMCA eventually dropped their Verizon plan. To be fair, I don't think this was a hot spot problem, but an issue with Verizon's software, as many others use this hotspot and it works great for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Joyce Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 sushidog: The 8800 software update did come out long ago and solved the problem. Quote 2004 40' Newmar Dutch Star DP towing an AWD 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Fulltimer July 2003 to October 2018, Parttimer now. Travels through much of 2013 - http://www.sacnoth.com - Bill, Diane and Evita (the cat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy-beast Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I got the 8000 today, with the shelter in place order it will be while until I can truly test it. In an aluminum sided house northwest of Chicago it is getting 12Mbps. Quote 2020 Platinum F350 6.7L CC DRW, 2021 Riverstone Legacy 37mre 5th wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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