WIFI Review.

the ta is bad. I hear lots of cmplaints. I have little exerience though. I got sick of all the different ones as you never know where you will be so I went and got verizion wireless internet and I get it anywhere now

 

Avoid Flying J wi-fi if AT ALL POSSIBLE! They recently put a Meg.Meter in their "unlimited" access deal. Basically, if you exceed a certain preset limit on data throughput, it'll lock you out, and demand that you pay again!! To my knowledge, they're the only ones that do that, but you WILL get differing quality on bandwidth. SiRicom (petro usually, and Pilot) so far has the quickest connections. But they're also the most expensive. With $5 being the normal cost for 24hours, siricom is $7. Oh, and unless they've changed, for the love of God stay away from JUBITZ in portland Or!! The place is nice, but they'll ROB you blind! Internet there is $3 per hour!! Bout everyhing else is similarly overpriced.

 

i use a cingular air card. $60 a month and it works EVERYWHERE.

 

I used to subscribe to all the truckstop wifi, Was paying $80 a month and could only get a connection when I was lucky enough to spend the night. Then I got a Sprint Aircard. $59 a month unlimited and I get a signal almost everywhere. I will never go back to wifi.

 

Too bad Sprint's no longer unlimited, isn't it?

 

Well, to the best of my knowledge they still offer two plans. One limited and the other unlimited. My plan is unlimited and has been for 2 years. Maybe they have changed the plans for new customers. I am not married to sprint, I just like my plan. My brother has Verizon and pays the same for unlimited...but it is way slow.

Many nights I will get online and set my laptop to download movies all night while I sleep. I have never had to pay one cent more than my agreement.

I am just saying there are better alternatives than the truckstop crappy wifi that many are paying out the nose for.

best wishes to all.
J

 

Well, I hate to tell you but Sprint recently made a change to the contract putting a limit of 5GB/month on phone as modem (PAM) and data card plans. The contract says you have 30 days after receiving the notification to cancel service without the ETF for a material change, so I canceled the contract but kept the service (month-to-month). It sucks that they did this, and I agree Sprint is far better than any WiFi I've used at a truck stop (Bosselman's are actually nice). And for the record, Verizon has been capped at 5GB for a long time and was taking a lot of heat for still marketing their service as unlimited.

The usage page on Sprint will still say unlimited. Sprint only has one data card plan, now, and that is 5GB/month. I believe they used to have something like a 40MB/month plan, but that was far overpriced and is long gone.