If you go with HomeFi, Free Router, you must maintain the monthly plan at what ever level you choose; i.e. can not pause service or you are required to send the router back. If you go with TravelFi, you have to buy the router but can pause in monthly increments if you are not traveling, i.e. winter months.
With home fi you have to pay $10 a month up to 3 months to pause the service. (Winter). We went with travlfi. because we only camp 3 full weeks a year and a lot of long weekends. We can start and stop any month we want to with out paying the $10 fee.
For those wondering.. Homefi prices are 80 bucks for 200gb, 90 for 300Gb, 100 for 450Gb 135 for 800Gb.. Thanks for the reviews. These internet options are always changing. We currently use T-Mobile and are quite happy with it. Of course we are not full time and working on the road..
Great video and super helpful! Personally I love HomeFi and am constantly using it as a full time RVer that has to work remotely. It has been the best and most reliable option i've tried so far.
After a fair amount of research, I ordered Travlfi JourneyXTR today. I’ll start with unlimited $129 and go down according to how much I use. Starlink sounded great except, I sometimes camp where there are trees, I almost always boondock. It’s an energy hog. I have trips planned to 2 locations with zero AT&T service (my phone). Campendium shows both have Verizon and T-Mobile.
Peplink cellular router works well for me. I can put up to 4 different SIM cards in it. They have a system using a cloud storage that allows data to pull from a different SIM card seamlessly if one SIM card drops out. There is also a roof mount antennae.
Thanks for watching! There are SO many options on the market and everything is constantly changing. We recommend watching our friends videos as well. Their links are in our description of this video. They discuss what options they love and hopefully all of this info will help you decide when the time is right. Safe travels!
We also work full time from the road and have Starlink and it works really well, until it doesn't. It was really limiting us as to where we could stay. Good internet is absolutely necessary for us. We needed another solution and finally found one...we actually just posted a video on this last night too! It is so interesting to see others' solutions to RV internet. Anyway, great video and love the collaboration! Found some new channels to follow!
We have been on the road 10.5 years and have been using a grandfathered in Verizon 4G plan with great luck. BUT we just added the T-Mobile 5G Home Entertainment to our setup and will have fun comparing the two as we travel. Thanks for sharing.
@@breya4eve12 if you are asking me we had enough good service with the T-mobile Home Internet system that we canceled our grandfathered in Verizon Hotspot.
Greetings. Thanks for your experiences. I think additional information that would be helpful. Generally what is your source of power? If you primarily camp off grid, you'll be more likely to campbin open spaces, and therefore starlink might still be an option. Also, I think it's important for viewers to understand that there is never a one solution fits all cases. So redundancy is always best: especially since you are mobile nomads. Best.
april 9, 2023, Happy Easter, good video, we are going remote traveling and thought starlink was it? Thanks, we will both work remote and we NEED!! the best plan. Never heard of Homefi, thanks. so much!
I spend 250 a month for on the road internet, Starlink, t-mobile chip with a Pepwave, and a Verizen hotspot and ATT data in the truck. I will have internet.
Home fi worked well for us at first then kinda fell off in quality but we were using the puck. The router option sounds like it is working well for you.
We experienced the same. Yeah, the router is working better for us, but that could change any day lol. We thank you for telling us about HomeFi/TrvlFi last year!
Thank you. I didn't know these two internet services existed. Steaming you can on some serices reduced the quality of the video from HD to 480 dpi which is like the old tv resolution. So this is an option if you are a heavy TV streamer. Again thanks.
T-Mobile is our #1 options, second is AT&T, third it StarLink and Last is Visible Phone. We have had places where only one device would work, but in most places, T-Mobile has worked most often and had the best speed. Starlink works well with no trees, and has worked in light tree cover when we had no Cell Service at all.
We just returned our t mobile home router. It was not really very good. It would get hot and shut down, so we had to run a small fan to blow air thru it to keep it running. We did not get a good signal at home so that probably caused the poor performance. Their network also forces you into NAT type 3 which can be incompatible with some things like Playstation network.
So the thing about T-Mobile, is they sell you that with the fine print that is not intended for being mobile, ironic given their name, but they are speaking of home internet hubs. Many, many, many UA-camrs have been reporting that wants T-Mobile figures out that you are not stationary they reduce your bandwidth and your speeds to a negligible unusable amounts. When you call or contact them to complain, they will point out in the fine print that this is meant to be stationary in your Sticks & Bricks home. There is no way around that and once they start tracking that you are moving with that piece of equipment, they will shut you down.
We do stream, but not that often. We can't really say how much you can stream but would guess not too much with 200GB. Our YT videos are short and in 1080, so uploading doesn't eat too much data. Hopefully that answers your questions. Thanks for watching!
Homefi customer service has been crap. Zen desk powered and by appointment. Obviously a reseller of refurbished Solis device. Access via Solis app sometimes they help other times act like they can't. After had cross words with a chris at homefi, service has spiraled down and have to call after every shutdown if device to connect to a tower. My rant on Homefi. Used to love it and had it year and half
I will be working on the road for bcbs which I will have to have a router. I will be doing customer service calls would this be a great service? and which internet service does homefi use?
You have to be careful with other youtubers and what they recommend. Some just push internet options that they can get affiliate revenue from that they are partners with. Not saying it is you guys, but you have to be careful. Starlink works great for us 90% of the time, then we have a backup cell service for when starlink does not work. (tip, next time you visit somewhere like mexico, order and get the dish sent to you there and haul it back with you, it will be much cheaper). If you work online and RV full time, you HAVE to have 2-3 options as none of them works everywhere. Also, modified my starlink to use 12v using much less power and mounted the cheaper on on the roof flat and works just fine going down the road.
I have little to none cell signal at home and here in AZ. Starlink works great and the $150 isn't that bad. I watched your videos of your trailer repairs. I see that there are a lot of GD owners with the same things wrong. I would send your videos you couldn't show to a class action later so GD have to fix all the other rvs. I have (in Robin Williams words "rolling turd") that I've had to do all the work because I didn't buy it at home so the dealer wouldn't do any warranty work.
Hi Darryl! 34 states so far, and we have yet to be without cell service. We're not saying areas of zero coverage don't exist, but that we have not had a lack of coverage yet. We at no point say that this is a must buy product and will be guaranteed to work for everyone. To each their own, so do what's best for your situation. Thanks for watching!
I couldn't work from the road without my Starlink. It is currently pointed directly into trees and I get maybe 2 2-3 second drop outs an hour. I have not been anywhere that I was not able to get a good enough connection, including places with absolutely no cell coverage and places with heavy tree coverage.
If you go with HomeFi, Free Router, you must maintain the monthly plan at what ever level you choose; i.e. can not pause service or you are required to send the router back. If you go with TravelFi, you have to buy the router but can pause in monthly increments if you are not traveling, i.e. winter months.
With home fi you have to pay $10 a month up to 3 months to pause the service. (Winter). We went with travlfi. because we only camp 3 full weeks a year and a lot of long weekends. We can start and stop any month we want to with out paying the $10 fee.
For those wondering.. Homefi prices are 80 bucks for 200gb, 90 for 300Gb, 100 for 450Gb 135 for 800Gb.. Thanks for the reviews. These internet options are always changing. We currently use T-Mobile and are quite happy with it. Of course we are not full time and working on the road..
Thanks for watching!
Great video and super helpful! Personally I love HomeFi and am constantly using it as a full time RVer that has to work remotely. It has been the best and most reliable option i've tried so far.
After a fair amount of research, I ordered Travlfi JourneyXTR today. I’ll start with unlimited $129 and go down according to how much I use.
Starlink sounded great except, I sometimes camp where there are trees, I almost always boondock. It’s an energy hog.
I have trips planned to 2 locations with zero AT&T service (my phone). Campendium shows both have Verizon and T-Mobile.
Peplink cellular router works well for me. I can put up to 4 different SIM cards in it. They have a system using a cloud storage that allows data to pull from a different SIM card seamlessly if one SIM card drops out. There is also a roof mount antennae.
Great advice! Thank you! I’m not sure I need internet, yet, but I’m still keeping my eyes open.
Thanks for watching! There are SO many options on the market and everything is constantly changing. We recommend watching our friends videos as well. Their links are in our description of this video. They discuss what options they love and hopefully all of this info will help you decide when the time is right. Safe travels!
Great to hear feedback on the T-Mobile and yeah seems everyone having problems with starlink
Yeah, we're just not impressed with Starlink. Safe travels!
We also work full time from the road and have Starlink and it works really well, until it doesn't. It was really limiting us as to where we could stay. Good internet is absolutely necessary for us. We needed another solution and finally found one...we actually just posted a video on this last night too! It is so interesting to see others' solutions to RV internet. Anyway, great video and love the collaboration! Found some new channels to follow!
Thanks for sharing! It appears internet on the road is a hot topic right now. Safe travels!
@@TravelsAbound Yes it is! You too!
We have been on the road 10.5 years and have been using a grandfathered in Verizon 4G plan with great luck. BUT we just added the T-Mobile 5G Home Entertainment to our setup and will have fun comparing the two as we travel. Thanks for sharing.
any update ?
@@breya4eve12 if you are asking me we had enough good service with the T-mobile Home Internet system that we canceled our grandfathered in Verizon Hotspot.
Great video.
Thanks!
Nice video, you just saved me from some headaches.
Glad this video helped! Thank you for watching!
@@TravelsAbound Keep up the good work! Thanks.
Greetings. Thanks for your experiences. I think additional information that would be helpful. Generally what is your source of power? If you primarily camp off grid, you'll be more likely to campbin open spaces, and therefore starlink might still be an option. Also, I think it's important for viewers to understand that there is never a one solution fits all cases. So redundancy is always best: especially since you are mobile nomads. Best.
april 9, 2023, Happy Easter, good video, we are going remote traveling and thought starlink was it? Thanks, we will both work remote and we NEED!! the best plan. Never heard of Homefi, thanks. so much!
Starlink is definitely out of our price range and I would be worried about direct line of sight for it. Thanks for sharing what you are using.
Agreed. We just can't get hyped up about Starlink. Thanks for watching!
T-mobile business uses both T-mobile plus, AT&T. So no coverage on one then it will automatically switch to the other at no extra cost.
I spend 250 a month for on the road internet, Starlink, t-mobile chip with a Pepwave, and a Verizen hotspot and ATT data in the truck. I will have internet.
To have dependable Internet most of the time while traveling, you need at least Two options. For many, Starlink, and a cellular network.
Going through and watching all of the collaboration videos.
Thank you for watching! Safe travels!
Home fi worked well for us at first then kinda fell off in quality but we were using the puck. The router option sounds like it is working well for you.
We experienced the same. Yeah, the router is working better for us, but that could change any day lol. We thank you for telling us about HomeFi/TrvlFi last year!
Thank you. I didn't know these two internet services existed. Steaming you can on some serices reduced the quality of the video from HD to 480 dpi which is like the old tv resolution. So this is an option if you are a heavy TV streamer. Again thanks.
Thanks for watching!
T-Mobile is our #1 options, second is AT&T, third it StarLink and Last is Visible Phone. We have had places where only one device would work, but in most places, T-Mobile has worked most often and had the best speed. Starlink works well with no trees, and has worked in light tree cover when we had no Cell Service at all.
Thank you for sharing!
Would that be good for streaming like Netflix and gaming by chance?
We just returned our t mobile home router. It was not really very good. It would get hot and shut down, so we had to run a small fan to blow air thru it to keep it running. We did not get a good signal at home so that probably caused the poor performance. Their network also forces you into NAT type 3 which can be incompatible with some things like Playstation network.
Thank you for sharing! We are taking notes!
So the thing about T-Mobile, is they sell you that with the fine print that is not intended for being mobile, ironic given their name, but they are speaking of home internet hubs. Many, many, many UA-camrs have been reporting that wants T-Mobile figures out that you are not stationary they reduce your bandwidth and your speeds to a negligible unusable amounts. When you call or contact them to complain, they will point out in the fine print that this is meant to be stationary in your Sticks & Bricks home. There is no way around that and once they start tracking that you are moving with that piece of equipment, they will shut you down.
Question. Are you not TV/streaming watchers? If you are, how much can you watch with your 200 plan? And what about uploading your videos?
We do stream, but not that often. We can't really say how much you can stream but would guess not too much with 200GB. Our YT videos are short and in 1080, so uploading doesn't eat too much data. Hopefully that answers your questions. Thanks for watching!
Homefi customer service has been crap. Zen desk powered and by appointment. Obviously a reseller of refurbished Solis device. Access via Solis app sometimes they help other times act like they can't. After had cross words with a chris at homefi, service has spiraled down and have to call after every shutdown if device to connect to a tower. My rant on Homefi. Used to love it and had it year and half
Are you boondocking and still have good internet? Are you using a range extender?
I will be working on the road for bcbs which I will have to have a router. I will be doing customer service calls would this be a great service? and which internet service does homefi use?
You have to be careful with other youtubers and what they recommend. Some just push internet options that they can get affiliate revenue from that they are partners with. Not saying it is you guys, but you have to be careful. Starlink works great for us 90% of the time, then we have a backup cell service for when starlink does not work. (tip, next time you visit somewhere like mexico, order and get the dish sent to you there and haul it back with you, it will be much cheaper). If you work online and RV full time, you HAVE to have 2-3 options as none of them works everywhere. Also, modified my starlink to use 12v using much less power and mounted the cheaper on on the roof flat and works just fine going down the road.
How many gb would you say you use every month working from home full time?
How does this compare to cellular internet? I'm having trouble deciding.
I have little to none cell signal at home and here in AZ. Starlink works great and the $150 isn't that bad.
I watched your videos of your trailer repairs. I see that there are a lot of GD owners with the same things wrong. I would send your videos you couldn't show to a class action later so GD have to fix all the other rvs.
I have (in Robin Williams words "rolling turd") that I've had to do all the work because I didn't buy it at home so the dealer wouldn't do any warranty work.
I disagree, 150 is extremely expensive
So what do you do if you go to places that have no cell service at all. What I do drive 15 miles down the road to pickup a cell tower.
Hi Darryl! 34 states so far, and we have yet to be without cell service. We're not saying areas of zero coverage don't exist, but that we have not had a lack of coverage yet. We at no point say that this is a must buy product and will be guaranteed to work for everyone. To each their own, so do what's best for your situation. Thanks for watching!
are these satlelite ran?
The options we cover in this video are cellular data devices.
Is there an unlimited option for RVers?
Verizon is horrible on Long Island and TMobile is great. It all comes down to location.
I couldn't work from the road without my Starlink. It is currently pointed directly into trees and I get maybe 2 2-3 second drop outs an hour. I have not been anywhere that I was not able to get a good enough connection, including places with absolutely no cell coverage and places with heavy tree coverage.
Since we have not tried Starlink, we could only go by others' reviews in this video. Thank you for sharing your real-world usage!