We put our dibs late last year, and we were invited in a month or two ago. I have not jumped in because we have great internet access here. I would say anything north of about the 35th parallel should be working 95% now.

They started allowing address changes on the website in late March.

My deposit's in, but I'm pretty far south.

 

I use mine for entertainment vs. work, so At&T has done fine for us. 

Safe Travels!

You got me digging OG. I even had Visible send me a new SIM since it seemed no matter what I did or where I went the FAST app kept reporting 2 Mbps. Turns out, since the FAST app is a Netflix server app it's well know that Netflix *does* throttle to 2 Mbps (at least on Verizon). I ran the test(s) on Ookla's Speedtest app and consistently get 10-12 Mbps @ home. I always did think it was odd how well Google YoutubeTV was streaming w/2Mbps.

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I am located on the Delaware River in Central NJ. Using the "Fast" app, I just measured:

iPhone 6 Visible  ==> 1.9 Mbps

iPhone 12 AT&T ==> 4.5 Mbps

iPhone 12 Home WiFi ==> 220 Mbps

fred

Interesting that I have not run into the single device hotspot limitation with Visible. I even mentioned to a rep and they said, "Good for you."

On the old iPhone 6 I consistently measure about 2 mbps w/Visible tethered or not. Many users brag much, much faster data speeds. I wish I had a newer unlocked phone to try dual sim and test data speeds. I will when iPhone 12 is paid off.  2 mbps has actually worked fine for vast majority of what I use it for. It's usually just two of us browsing or one connection streaming. Don't need 4K streaming.

I use the router mainly for convenience. I set it up in camp or car. Only takes a minute. All devices remember the WiFi network and the router has better WiFi range than mobile hotspot.

BTW, Visible advertises as $40.00/mt but they make it easy to reduce to $25.00/mt with "Party Pay". Also, it is a no-contract service. I have suspended the account for a couple of months and come back without penalty or new setup. Now I just keep it going @ $25.00 /mt and use mobile hotspot often when just going about town or in the woods for streaming music. My AT&T 6 gig shared data plan is hardly touched. With iPhone you can still use AT&T network for calls and use hotspot for data. Dual sim would be a great solution.

Probably more info than you were looking for. 

fred

For us:

Hardware: Three phones - iPhone SE, iPhone 12 and old iPhone 6 (see below),  iPad and two MacBooks.

Plan(s):

AT&T shared mobile data 6 GB + payment for iPhone 12 and SE ==> total $134.98 mt.

Visible unlimited data plan on old unlocked iPhone 6 ==> $25.00 mt.

When traveling/camping I tether Visible data phone to GL.iNET GL-MT300N-V2 Wireless Mini Portable Travel Router. That gives us unlimited data to all of our devices (FredNet) and has worked surprisingly well for the last two years. GoogleTV, Netflix, HBO etc.

So the total is $159.98/mt for two new iphones (including phone payment) and unlimited data.

I can't figure a cheaper way to get unlimited "tetherable" data.

I would love to hear a cheaper way!

fred

That looks like a nice system! 

If you do get one of the satellite options, pay careful attention to the data volume limit. They have been getting more liberal in recent years, but I have acquaintances who run into their data limit on the 4th or 5th of the month. Then they have to access their account and put another $5 or $10 or something into the meter to get more. Then rinse/repeat every 4 or 5 days until the end of the month.

For any kind of video streaming you'll need a better connection than you normally get at most commercial campgrounds, although we have run in to some that have upgraded their WiFi to the point that streaming is possible.

I don't know whether even the most expensive satellite options would be sufficient for Netflix.