In our world today we are highly dependent on technology in so many things we do. When we were planning a trip years ago we would have used an atlas or different maps of the states and roads. Nowadays, we have a gps on our phone or a separate unit for gps guidance. In today’s world we depend on technology for tablets, phones, streaming shows – especially on long trips – and even some for medical reasons. When camping sometimes one of the hardest things to do is find a decent internet connection. As someone who has been trying when I am traveling to stream on Twitch it’s been one of my biggest frustrations at times.
One of the ways I’ve prepared myself on our internet situation is a websiste called Campendium.com. Many times people will leave reviews with their cell service company brand and what kind of signal they had there. This is a good way to judge if our phones and/or hotspot will be adequate for what we want or if we are going to have to plan for not much signal there. Many times people will also list the quality of the wi-fi at the campground we are staying at. This is also a huge help in judging our service options wherever we are headed.
We also take in to consideration what kind of television service we might have. We don’t watch a lot of tv necessarily when camping (rainy days it may be a different story), but we do enjoy it at night time and having the ability to check in on the news and weather. We always plan ahead by using Netflix to download a variety of shows and movies so we have some stuff we may want to watch – always helpful when we have no tv signal in that location. Many people have portable satellite dishes and Dish Outdoors even has a monthly plan for people who may not travel full time but want to pay as they need it. Whatever you decide it’s something that may be smart to think of ahead of time.
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