The joy of living without cell service

[CalG]

Work around!

I left the old box connected, and connected the new box via a splitter that had been put in when we had a TV (We don't miss that thing at all!)

That worked, but there were a few ups and downs. I'm not sure if two routers on one incoming line is a "thing".

Any way, the phones appear to work at the house, the wired devices appear to work, and the wife's wireless tablet is going.

I may cancel the service appointment.....tomorrow ;-)

 

[CalG]

I live in a valley, so we've endured the same thing for years. We are lucky to get one bar of cell service at the house, so WIFI is needed. Cable internet is our only choice unless you want to go with satellite internet and we only have one cable internet provider (Spectrum). Darn near $100/no just for their basic internet service.

xfinity is OVER $100/mo just for internet.

The only option here.

 

[Roadworthy]

I'm too far out to get cable. I can get wi-fi beamed to me but it's iffy. I've tried three different cell phone providers (AT$T, T-Mobile, and Verizon). Verizon is the only one that works reliably. I use Visible by Verizon. For $25 a month I can use the phone as a hot spot for my computer or television and they don't throttle the speed back after using so much data. The only issue getting connected was they're not compatible with all phones - I purchased a phone from them to ensure it would work. It did. It was cheaper than other vendors, though.