My wife and I do a fair amount of coastal cruising along the
Gulf Coast and are always looking for better ways to keep ahead of the
weather. Does anyone have experence with the T-Mobile 4G mobile hot spot as a way to download
weather information over the
internet? We would use one of the no-contract plans
sold through Wallmart, which appear to extend the usual 30-day expiration limit to 60 days.
Are there different hot spots that will
work with the T-Mobile plans, and which appear to be most effective? How close do you have to be to the tower to get decent
reception? I have heard that some cruisers hoist the hot spot up the
mast to extend the range. Does this
work very well? If you had the chance to do it all over again, would you still go this
route to get weather info?
Any and all help greatly appreciated!