Tom Suddard
Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/1/21 1:43 p.m.
You all seem to know pretty much everything, so here it goes:
I'd like better cell service in my slide-in truck camper. And while I know it's impossible to create something from nothing, I'm hoping there's something on the market that can take a one bar dial-up speed data connection that comes and goes and turn it into a steady 10 mbps data connection. I use AT&T if that matters.
I've seen a fair bit about weboost: https://www.weboost.com/products/drive-reach-rv
Any feedback? Is there a cheaper or better option?
From my past history in the cell phone business (that ended 12 years ago) I remember Wilson as the top quality name. I looked up Wilson and either Wilson is WeBoost or Wilson markets WeBoost. Either way, that gives me confidence in WeBoost (a product had had not heard of.)
Another pro source (like a company you would buy equipment from to make a marina have WiFi broadcast to every boat in the marina) is Tessco. I went to the Tessco site and they had WeBoost
is this your regular cell phone you use everyday ?
under mobile network in Settings in android does it give you options for 4G LTE ?
And does your phone have the newer bands that AT+T is pushing ( Band 66)
from AT+T website
**MAIN BAND
12 –700 MHz Lower B/C/A. This is a superset of band 17, so band 17 is not required if band 12 is available in the phone.
**ADDITIONAL CAPACITY
2 – 1900 MHz PCS, provides bandwidth in many markets; 25 is a superset of band 2 but 25 is not required for some reason
4 – 1700/2100 MHz AWS, provides bandwidth in many markets
5 – 850 MHz CLR, the main band for areas lacking 700 lower B and/or C blocks
29 – 700 MHz Lower D/E – supplemental downlink bandwidth only; implemented in key markets
30 – 2300 MHz WCS, provides additional bandwidth in many markets
**OTHERS
40 – not sure if this has been implemented yet
66 – AWS, asymmetric favoring download speed, which is being implemented by AT&T now. Band 66 is a superset of band 4.
Following for great interest. As full-timers, my wife and I often struggle to maintain a good cell connection. At least we have cable internet available at our camp site.
C'mon Tom, you know you want Starlink. INTERNET FROM SPACE
Keith Tanner said:
C'mon Tom, you know you want Starlink. INTERNET FROM SPACE
I read that in the old Lost in Space voice. I laughed.
Toyman01 + Sized and said:
Keith Tanner said:
C'mon Tom, you know you want Starlink. INTERNET FROM SPACE
I read that in the old Lost in Space voice. I laughed.
I read it in the Muppet Show "Pigs in Space" voice. I laughed too.
When we were traveling, we looked at a few solutions, but never pulled the trigger on any of them.
If you have coverage outside the tin box, but not inside, a external antenna, and a inexpensive booster should do the trick... if those words can be used in the same sentence!
If it's marginal coverage, do to location; that's a whole 'nother can-o-worms.
eastpark said:
Toyman01 + Sized and said:
Keith Tanner said:
C'mon Tom, you know you want Starlink. INTERNET FROM SPACE
I read that in the old Lost in Space voice. I laughed.
I read it in the Muppet Show "Pigs in Space" voice. I laughed too.
I'll let you guys decide which version I wrote it in ;)
