Barb & Jason

Geekymom, we have been on the road since selling our house last fall and I am a fulltime employee with a daily schedule working in the technology field. Much of my time is spent hosting WebEx based meetings with my colleagues. It is a perfect time professionally to be doing this because the organization is beginning to embrace telecommuting in general and I was the pilot for that in our organization. I work for an University and I was able to negotiate for being "away" three-quarters of the year and I am "on-site" just around our fall busy time. I use WebEx as a virtual office space most of the day, I consume a lot of bandwidth sending and receiving video in those meetings. Most of my connectivity is using AT&T. I have a government class AT&T hotspot that doesn't get throttled since I work for the government, but our personal AT&T hotspot is also unlimited. The personal hotspot occasionally does get slowed down, but rarely to the point it is not useful. We also have a RV model WeBoost installed with both an omni directional antenna and also a directional antenna for the problem spots. We also have a personal Verizon hotspot that shares with our two cell phones the monthly allowance and I have had to use that from time to time because of AT&T issues. Recently, also I just ordered a Verizon hotspot from Unlimitedville and that is not cheap! But it is much cheaper than buying more and more GB from Verizon each month on a standard plan. I am finding most people that work fulltime are using Verizon limited plans. However, like you said many are in a consultant role but don't really use as much data. I have met two other people on our journey in the last four months that are also 9-5 sort of workers in technology. Both used Verizon, one on a metered plan and the other on an unlimited plan. I can agree with them that the structure of the 9-5 is good in this lifestyle. Those that don't have the structure may play more in the week, but they struggle with meeting performance goals at work each week at the same time. I struggle with being "on" more than I want to be and I need to leave my "office" deliberately. There are a number of commercial RV internet routers on the market. I made my own using http://ofmodemsandmen.com/ and am very happy with it. I actually just made a second, so that personal and work are on two separate networks. With this geeky platform you can also tether from the RV park WiFi, use the LTE/4G services, etc. It is the "core" of my networks to be able to attach outside sources onto. Also check out http://livinlite.net/connectivity/ as he has done a good job explaining what he uses. The moral of the story is, you need options and you will need a bigger than living in a stick house budget for internet. Mobility comes with costs to stay connected. However, if you cannot make money by spending this money can you afford the lifestyle? We will be paying about $350/mo in Internet costs (plus our cell phones on to of that.)