Wifi and internet
- Thread starter DECravens
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If you want to use your Winegard 360+ for WiFi, you will need a Winegard Gateway (an additional separate product). This will enhance local WiFi signals into the RV and give you the ability to insert your own SIM card from your favorite wireless provider. Personally I use a 100G T-Mobil card for $50/month. YMMV with other vendors.
Good luck and have fun!
//KMac
Good luck and have fun!
//KMac
I am all in on Starlink. When I was working, we used the $150 unlimited plan. Now that we are both retired, I moved us to the $50 for 50gb plan. If I exceed 50gb per month, then it is a $1 per gb after that.
They also allow you to pause your service, so if you're off the road for 3-4 months (say...back at home) then you don't have to pay for those months.
They also allow you to pause your service, so if you're off the road for 3-4 months (say...back at home) then you don't have to pay for those months.
Have you had any luck getting decent speeds from campground WiFi? I don't think I have seen over 10mbps from anywhere we've been. But, we use Startlink, so I only log on to the campgrounds WiFi to laugh at their speeds.
I have a 2024 Paradigm with the Winegard Air 360+ with the Osprey router. Very impressed with the Osprey which can rebroadcast wifi of campground with amplification. It can also rebroadcast cellular WiFi & you can tether a cell phone or install install a SIM card. Maybe old news to some but not to me. Used it on our shakedown trip except didn’t get around to trying to rebroadcast campground WiFi. Worked very well but since we stream our TVs we went thru the data very quickly so it promised to be more expensive than I thought. Decided to try Starlink this summer at our campground where our family has 3 trailers. At $150/mo more than we wanted to spend but by comparison streaming tv for an entire month could easily be more expensive. Deciding factor was the ability to pause service.
At the campground we were easily able to provide WiFi/streaming & cellular access to all 3 trailers which was amazing to me because the trailers end to end were about 50 yards apart. we can stream tv from all 3 trailers & use our cell phones too which is great because our campground is down in a valley next to the Ohio River where cell access is limited or nonexistent depending on your provider.
After the summer season we went on a month long trip to Kentucky, New Mexico, Colorado & Arizona. Starlink worked well the entire trip. Paused service when we got back without issue.
At the campground we were easily able to provide WiFi/streaming & cellular access to all 3 trailers which was amazing to me because the trailers end to end were about 50 yards apart. we can stream tv from all 3 trailers & use our cell phones too which is great because our campground is down in a valley next to the Ohio River where cell access is limited or nonexistent depending on your provider.
After the summer season we went on a month long trip to Kentucky, New Mexico, Colorado & Arizona. Starlink worked well the entire trip. Paused service when we got back without issue.
George
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Hi Dan,
May I ask why you went with the more expensive Osprey instead of the GW-1000 Gateway? As far as my limited lookey shows the Gateway can use more carriers and has the same rebroadcast features. In the beginning I intend to rebroadcast my phone hotspot if there is insufficient campground wifi to rebroadcast.
Chaseweston
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When I was doing my research on connectivity options before going full time, I decided against a third party servicer such as the Winegard gateway for cell based Wifi as the providers deprioritize third parties first under heavy load. We have a '24 Valor that came with the Winegard air 360+. I pulled the Air 360+ antenna and replaced with the Air 360+ 5G so that I could utilize the 4x4 MIMO antenna. Air 360 + does not support 5G. I have the rooftop antenna serving a T Mobile Home Internet Modem that has SMA ports and supports external antennas. It's $50/mo unlimited and haven't had any issues being mobile. I even converted it's power supply to run off the 12v system so the kids have wifi in the truck on travel days. win-win.
