Hello from Jool

[jooltx]

<p style="margin: 0px;">Hi all, I'm Jool, from Texas. I'm not yet ready to start fulltiming, but it is definitely in the future plans. Not necessarily stealth - although that would be great - but this is a good place to learn so much.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">My main problem (as I see it) is that I do earn a decent living working online (in the field of writing/editing, stuff like that) and I'm worried about having good internet connection at all times.&nbsp; <img border="0" align="absmiddle" src="/images/boards/smilies/confused.gif">&nbsp; So that is holding me back at this point. Ironic, isn't it, that my work is completely non-location specific, yet I have to have internet to be able to work? I use over 12 gig a month in my work, so I'm not talking dial-up speed here.&nbsp; </p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Anyway, that's why I'm here, to learn from all of you, and do whatever it takes to fit my way of life into that of being a bonafide 'rubbertramp'.&nbsp; Thanks so much for all of the valuable information available to everyone choosing this lifestyle. </p><p style="margin: 0px;">--Jool</p>

 

[sl1966]

Glad to see you here on the Forum Jool!!! This is a great place for info and ideas.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://technomadia.com" target="_blank">Technomadia</a>&nbsp;has a great post about how they use multiple pipes to get the job done. Sounds like you'll need the same setup with the amount of data that you're pushing.</div><div><br></div>

 

[jooltx]

<p>Thanks! I'll check 'em out.&nbsp; Hi to Bridgette for me!&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></p>

 

[Les H]

Hi Jool, welcome.
While I can't quite answer the question of uninterrupted Internet, ( we have lousy cell service where I am let alone Internet), but I CAN tell you that my wife got a message to me in the chicamunga Natl forest, 10 miles from the nearest paved road. Someone there had a mifi device that worked well, so I am sure it is possible.

 

[blars]

Definatly check into millenicom -- I have their 20gb/month plan.&nbsp; 4g is only in limited areas for now -- mine is 3g only.<br><br><br>

 

[jooltx]

<p style="margin: 0px;">Thanks! I'll check into millenicom. And yes, I have a Verizon mifi that I switched to, thinking I would get 4G - and now I find that one has to be in a 4G area to actually get 4G. LOL.&nbsp; Live and learn. I live in a somewhat rural area, (but not THAT rural) and get 3G speed <em>sometimes</em>. But this is good training, I figure, for future RV life. </p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Les, that is cool that you got the message even being out there in the Chicamunga NF!&nbsp; </p>

 

[cyndi]

<P>Hi Jool! Welcome!&nbsp; There are plenty of people making a livng, through the internet, while living on he road full time. Don't let it hold you back!</P>

 

[jooltx]

<p>Thanks, Cyndi!&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></p>

 

[judycmomx6]

Welcome Jool. Good luck with the internet thing! I drove a big truck for almost 19 years and that was by far my BIGGEST problem. The only phone service that I could get that was pretty much guaranteed to work,(in most areas), was verizon. I could get internet service at the truck stops sometimes but some of them charge. &nbsp;It is going to be a challenging thing for you to find someone that has service in most places. Happy hunting!