Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

[Xfaxman]

That makes me think they didn't expect quite the adoption rate us rural folks have mustered. In this thread, how many of us actually have one? 50; perhaps 100: how is it that nobody nationwide can get one now?

TBN isn't the only forum that has a Mobley thread.

It is discussed on the RV forums.

And on Howard Forums, it has over a million members. One Mobley thread there has over 2400 posts. AT&T Stand alone AT&T Unlimited ZTE Mobley Hotspot now only $20!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sodamo]

Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

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[ClydeMaui]

RE: ZTE Mobley from ABC Warehouse, Finally got an update today that a Fed Ex ship label has been created with expected arrival date of May 10-11. Did log back in to the ABC Warehouse website, it looks as if they are now sold out. Hope I get mine. Will post back with update.

 

[zimy]

I wouldn't be surprised if you have at least 10 db of loss in your coax run using RG6 coax at these frequencies. To prove it, take the mobely up on the roof and hook to the short piece of coax supplied with the yagi. I would be willing to double down on my 10 db loss prediction and it may be more. Also of some small consideration is the "impedance bump" and resulting extra loss due to mismatch between the probably 50 ohm design impedance of the yagi and the 75 ohm characteristic impedance of the RG6 coax.

The good news is it worked. It would have probably worked better with some LMR 400 or some superflex or some other larger more expensive coax. Of course there is the law of diminishing returns, that is how much money are you willing to put in to the installation vs the return of a better signal. Good coax ain't cheap, nor the connectors for it.

Coax Attenuation Chart

By the way a 10db loss in a run of coax is significant. It is a logarithmic scale, but in this case 10 db of loss can be understood in this way. If used for transmitting, if you put 10 watts of power in one end you get 1 watt of power out the other end. Or if used for receiving, you get 1/10 of the signal out the bottom as the antenna puts in to the top end. Yes that is a significant amount.

All the RG6 cable around our house has 3.0 Ghz on it, so does the cable directv installed so I think frequencies wouldn't be a problem but you are right it is 75 ohm.

 

[techman]

Re: Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

At BBuy they said that they had the few Mobleys in stock for quite a while. I think the drop to a $ 20 plan is what caused the rush to buy. I suggested it to a guy at work who had crap DSL. He tried ordering online at ATT and was bounced with "go to a local store to confirm ID". Went to the ATT store but could not place an order there. It was a catch 22 - order on-line and get told to go to a store and the store saying that they cannot help with on-line purchases. He hunted a BBuys in the area, but no stock. He finally ordered on on-line from BBuy and activated it at the store. Now no more BBuy stock anywhere (mostly).

Be happy if you got one.

paul

 

[kcflhrc]

Re: Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

Picked mine up at BestBuy yesterday . Works fantastic in the car at home. Waiting for ac adapter from Amazon. $25 activation and $20 per month. Amazing deal. Also activated in store. Worked first time right out of the box.

 

[sodamo]

So here I sit in my tractor ready to mow, 4-500ft from my Mobley pulling 10.2mbs dl.


Little GL Ar150 router k
Hooked in then Ethernet to my picostation


Listening to amazon music as I mow

 

[zimy]

So here I sit in my tractor ready to mow, 4-500ft from my Mobley pulling 10.2mbs dl.
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Little GL Ar150 router k
Hooked in then Ethernet to my picostation
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Listening to amazon music as I mow

Very nice setup!

 

[sodamo]

Thanks
More amazing - it works!!!!!

 

[TomSeller]

Do it right and get some blue hose coax.