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Do you just tether internet from your phone? I've been looking at service like Karma [1] which seems to receive good reviews from RVers i follow on YouTube and

by sakopov 10y ago

Do you just tether internet from your phone? I've been looking at service like Karma [1] which seems to receive good reviews from RVers i follow on YouTube and they charge an incredible $150/50Gb. The prices are just outrageous. [1] https://yourkarma.com/pricing https://yourkarma.com/pricing

SwellJoe 10y ago
I had Karma, but they did a double bait and switch (they offered unlimited with a bandwidth restriction, but then changed it after a bunch of people signed up, and then changed it yet again the month after, due to complaints...in both cases, the deals got worse and the pricing got more expensive for my use case), which made me hate them. But, I use Sprint and T-Mobile. Karma is on the Sprint network, so the same network, but with slightly better prices. I have a 40GB plan from Sprint ($127/month, including the hotspot and the line fee), and 16GB spread across two devices on T-Mobile. And, yes, my phone can tether, but I have two hotspots, as well. I use T-Mobile for the Binge On feature, which is zero-rated Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Video, YouTube, etc. So, when I'm streaming, I use the T-Mobile data, and for anything else I use Sprint. And, yes, prices are outrageous. It wasn't always this way. Clear used to offer unlimited data for $40/month, and I had an unlimited data plan on my T-Mobile phone, as well. I kept the actually unlimited plan for many years, even after T-Mobile no longer offered an actually unlimited plan. But, then they started blocking hotspot usage (even on a rooted phone; not sure how they were detecting it was being used that way), so I had to switch to another plan, which was more expensive and much more limited. Anyway, it works out to about $250/month; if I weren't sharing it with my girlfriend (who does a lot of streaming), it'd probably be plenty. I never used to use more than about 30GB/month when it was just me. I watch a lot less TV when it's just me.

by sakopov 10y ago

SwellJoe 10y ago

I had Karma, but they did a double bait and switch (they offered unlimited with a bandwidth restriction, but then changed it after a bunch of people signed up, and then changed it yet again the month after, due to complaints...in both cases, the deals got worse and the pricing got more expensive for my use case), which made me hate them. But, I use Sprint and T-Mobile. Karma is on the Sprint network, so the same network, but with slightly better prices. I have a 40GB plan from Sprint ($127/month, including the hotspot and the line fee), and 16GB spread across two devices on T-Mobile. And, yes, my phone can tether, but I have two hotspots, as well. I use T-Mobile for the Binge On feature, which is zero-rated Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Video, YouTube, etc. So, when I'm streaming, I use the T-Mobile data, and for anything else I use Sprint. And, yes, prices are outrageous. It wasn't always this way. Clear used to offer unlimited data for $40/month, and I had an unlimited data plan on my T-Mobile phone, as well. I kept the actually unlimited plan for many years, even after T-Mobile no longer offered an actually unlimited plan. But, then they started blocking hotspot usage (even on a rooted phone; not sure how they were detecting it was being used that way), so I had to switch to another plan, which was more expensive and much more limited. Anyway, it works out to about $250/month; if I weren't sharing it with my girlfriend (who does a lot of streaming), it'd probably be plenty. I never used to use more than about 30GB/month when it was just me. I watch a lot less TV when it's just me.