I spoke with three more neighbors today. Two had T-Mobile and were happy with it. The third had "Mint", which he claimed was owned by T-Mobile, uses the same infrastructure, but was cheaper. Mint requires you to bring your own phone... the prices are low enough that I could buy a phone directly from Apple and still save money. I'd need to program the "ESIM" chip myself, but if my neighbor could do it then I probably could too.
I expect that I will still need to turn on wifi calling, so I appreciate the points made by others earlier in this post. If I run into trouble with reception, I'll try the "wifi" only approach that Merlin mentioned.
I've always wondered about using a signal amplifier with an external antenna, either at home or in the TT. If the antenna is directional, do you need to point it? How do you know where to point it? Does one use the cellmapper.net map that Merlin mentioned to try to aim at a particular tower? Also, will the amplifier/antenna work with different technologies, including 4G(LTE) and 5G? A look at cellmapper.net suggests that towers with the same technology may have multiple transmitters at different frequencies. Does the amplifier/antenna work with all of these?
One last question... is the antenna on a mast? Or is it simply mounted to the side of the RV?
I expect that I will still need to turn on wifi calling, so I appreciate the points made by others earlier in this post. If I run into trouble with reception, I'll try the "wifi" only approach that Merlin mentioned.
I've always wondered about using a signal amplifier with an external antenna, either at home or in the TT. If the antenna is directional, do you need to point it? How do you know where to point it? Does one use the cellmapper.net map that Merlin mentioned to try to aim at a particular tower? Also, will the amplifier/antenna work with different technologies, including 4G(LTE) and 5G? A look at cellmapper.net suggests that towers with the same technology may have multiple transmitters at different frequencies. Does the amplifier/antenna work with all of these?
One last question... is the antenna on a mast? Or is it simply mounted to the side of the RV?