I told you in the last post about tethering the phone and how our internet access was solved. Ha, yesterday morning at 6am, I get a text on my phone. I jump up to check it as I am hoping for a text to be able to change my first trip in January, but instead it's a message from AT&T that I have already used 65% of my data plan and to watch out because they charge $10/1G overage. It seems weird as we have only used the computers a few hours since I signed up. Reading various other posts on several forums, it appears most people are content with only a few Gig per month? We signed up for 4Gig and thought it would accommodate us, so now we are reconsidering going to Millenicom for an unlimited, non contract plan, more money, but it might be the way to go. Do any of you have any idea how much bandwidth you are using? We don't stream movies, only a very occasional Utube video, so don't know how we are burning through so much bandwidth. Comments would be appreciated.
We left Longview yesterday and stopped last night in Vidalia, LA at the River View campground RIGHT on the Mississippi. Very nice, we are literally 100-200 feet from the river.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Internet access--solved, at least for awhile.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great day with Kelly and Todd, Todd's parents, and of course the grandkids.
The campground we are in here in Longview provides free internet access via Tengo internet. Tengo used to be acceptable long ago, but as they have grown, they have gotten worse and worse. Although this campground, Fernbrook, provides free access, in most places Tengo charges exorbitant fees for abysmal service. Well we arrived Friday, and Tengo hasn't worked at all the entire time! They say they will have to wait until Tuesday to address the problem. We were quite frustrated to say the least. Todd mentioned that he and Kelly were using their iPhones as hot spots and how well it worked. We also remembered Karen was using her's as a hotspot as well. I had a talk with AT&T, and although we would lose our grandfathered unlimited data plan, we signed up one of our phones to tether, and poof, instant, fast internet service! For both computers simultaneously! And the best part only $15 more per month. We'll have to address weak service areas later, but for now we are VERY pleased!
The campground we are in here in Longview provides free internet access via Tengo internet. Tengo used to be acceptable long ago, but as they have grown, they have gotten worse and worse. Although this campground, Fernbrook, provides free access, in most places Tengo charges exorbitant fees for abysmal service. Well we arrived Friday, and Tengo hasn't worked at all the entire time! They say they will have to wait until Tuesday to address the problem. We were quite frustrated to say the least. Todd mentioned that he and Kelly were using their iPhones as hot spots and how well it worked. We also remembered Karen was using her's as a hotspot as well. I had a talk with AT&T, and although we would lose our grandfathered unlimited data plan, we signed up one of our phones to tether, and poof, instant, fast internet service! For both computers simultaneously! And the best part only $15 more per month. We'll have to address weak service areas later, but for now we are VERY pleased!
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