The RV Web: Chapter 1 – Extending Your WiFi Range
Monday, November 17th, 2008Getting online while you are on the road is always a challenge. There has been a lot of discussion about this in blogs and forums and everyone has their own favorite methods. But in general, based on today’s wireless technology, there are basically three ways to do it:
- Satellite Internet Service Provider (Direcway, HughesNet)
- Wireless Broadband from Cell Phone Providers (Verizon, Sprint)
- Public WiFi Access Points
Although there may be newer and arguably better options in the works such as WiMax, these 3 are what’s widely available today. I will spend some time talking about them in a few separate posts as I am currently doing research on what is best for our upcoming trips. In this post, I will focus my attention on the third and potentially the most interesting option: getting connected via public WiFi.
