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Poll: When you camp, do you normally have cell service?
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Normally? No, none, nada. Surprisingly last year while camping on Kelly’s Point we picked up a bar or so emanating from way across the canyon, near a village. Here in Pa, we get zero service in our own back yard up in the hills. Do we purposely seek out areas with zero cell service? Yes. Further away from the rat race, the better.
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Not that much experience internationally, but Baja and the west coast of mainland Mexico have pretty good coverage, especially if you can use Telmex (T-Mobile affiliated). Heck, they even put towers out in the middle of some bays, like Puerto Vallarta, which you can then hit from pretty much anywhere with line of sight and given the hills surrounding the bay that's quite a lot. Still mostly LTE, but 5G was more available in mid-March compared to last October. We don't seek it out unless we're going to be somewhere for a few days, but we're addicts like most and will use the signal if it's available.
Hopefully no service. If there is by some remote chance, I go into Airplane mode.
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We rarely have cell service. I have a Weboost, which will boost a cell signal if there is one. Usually we’re way off-grid.
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Being the techie, I am installing a StarLink satellite system in my teardrop so I can bug out to the mountains and still work remote. That gives me wifi for my phone and computer. I can video conference. That is mainly for the wife. She is a minister and spends 4-6 hours a day coordinating multiple events across the country.
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I thought starlink had to be re-provisioned for a move (makes no sense to me). Is that not true?
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I started this thread because of a lot of chatter about needing cellphone access. I come from the days before cellphones.
A year or two ago there was a funny situation that arose here in Colorado. There was a lady from back east that was going through Rocky Mountain Park. The park is a designated wilderness. There is a road called Trail Ridge Road that goes up and over the Continental Divide. The views are spectacular. She was looking at the views and drove off the road and ended up 500 ft down the mountain. It was 3-4 days before they found her, alive. She tried to sue the Park, the State, the county and everybody else she could think of because it was here constitutional right to have cell phone coverage and guard rails, and everybody was negligent for not providing it. The suit was thrown out, but it goes to show you the sense of entitlement and lack of taking personal responsibility for your actions.
When you are out there by yourself, it is your responsibility to be careful and be prepared.
A year or two ago there was a funny situation that arose here in Colorado. There was a lady from back east that was going through Rocky Mountain Park. The park is a designated wilderness. There is a road called Trail Ridge Road that goes up and over the Continental Divide. The views are spectacular. She was looking at the views and drove off the road and ended up 500 ft down the mountain. It was 3-4 days before they found her, alive. She tried to sue the Park, the State, the county and everybody else she could think of because it was here constitutional right to have cell phone coverage and guard rails, and everybody was negligent for not providing it. The suit was thrown out, but it goes to show you the sense of entitlement and lack of taking personal responsibility for your actions.
When you are out there by yourself, it is your responsibility to be careful and be prepared.
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Ive heard sometimes this still doesnt work and you need to know where you are going to be. Also how well are the sattelites now? The gen ones needed to have no inteference for them to work. Have you has the opportunity to use it yet?
I have been thinking of getting this for my trailer as remote work and school will be far easier with starlink. Due to how I have heard the current state is for mobile, I was going to wait until they released their "mobile version".
