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

kcflhrc · Jun 1, 2017

From what I have seen being a phone man for 37 years is the ancient stuff lasts a long time. It's the newer stuff that craps out frequently.

aeblank · Jun 1, 2017

The Mobley will last longer than the plan.....

Kingfish · Jun 1, 2017

FedEx delivered the Mobley this afternoon. Since I didn't have time to get a power supply together, I just plugged it into the Suburban while sitting in the driveway. It powered up and connected to the ATT network within a few seconds, so it came pre-activated, ready to go.

Using my Android tablet, I connected to the Mobley and tested speed three times on SpeedOf.Me, HTML5 Speed Test | Non Flash/Java Broadband Speed Test. Download/upload was 12.39/2.85, 11.16/2.1 and 13.66/3.29 Mbps.

This may not seem blazing fast to you but it looks great to me. My 6 Mb Windstream DLS tested 6.29/0.91, 6.41/0.89 and 6.4/0.81 Mbps. So, twice the speed at one third the price. If this holds up for a month or two, it will be good bye Windstream.

I have not done any adjustments in the WiFi manager yet, only saw the signal strength was maybe 1/3 scale. An AC power source is in the works for tomorrow but for now I'm HAPPY.

Ed

Kingfish said:
I'm arriving late to this game, just found out about Mobley yesterday after seeing it on an RV forum. Ordered one on line yesterday, got the June 20-30 estimated shipping date. Just got an email a few minutes ago from AT&T saying it was shipped today. Earlier today, I visited my local AT&T store. They knew nothing about Mobley or the plan. I "rented" a phone for a few days ($10) just to see what kind of signal I would have at my house (my cell phone is with another carrier). The results shows 1/2 the bars lit up for 4g service. Hopefully it will give better results than my 6MB Windstream that costs $60 per month. Fingers crossed... I'll follow up later with the results.

buckeyefarmer · Jun 1, 2017

mine has ok signal, but keeps dropping my connection. even connected straight to mobley instead of via the router, it drops out. back on satillite now, and via the web site, since tbn app is suddenly showing disgusting ads.

kcflhrc · Jun 1, 2017

Kingfish said:
FedEx delivered the Mobley this afternoon. Since I didn't have time to get a power supply together, I just plugged it into the Suburban while sitting in the driveway. It powered up and connected to the ATT network within a few seconds, so it came pre-activated, ready to go.

Using my Android tablet, I connected to the Mobley and tested speed three times on SpeedOf.Me, HTML5 Speed Test | Non Flash/Java Broadband Speed Test. Download/upload was 12.39/2.85, 11.16/2.1 and 13.66/3.29 Mbps.

This may not seem blazing fast to you but it looks great to me. My 6 Mb Windstream DLS tested 6.29/0.91, 6.41/0.89 and 6.4/0.81 Mbps. So, twice the speed at one third the price. If this holds up for a month or two, it will be good bye Windstream.

I have not done any adjustments in the WiFi manager yet, only saw the signal strength was maybe 1/3 scale. An AC power source is in the works for tomorrow but for now I'm HAPPY.

Ed

What adjustments would those be?

quicksandfarmer · Jun 1, 2017

aeblank said:
The Mobley will last longer than the plan.....

That's my belief too.

quicksandfarmer · Jun 1, 2017

kcflhrc said:
From what I have seen being a phone man for 37 years is the ancient stuff lasts a long time. It's the newer stuff that craps out frequently.

Of course the stuff that is ancient has already lasted a long time. Stuff that has already lasted a long time is likely to keep lasting an even longer time.

sodamo · Jun 2, 2017

Mobley arrived this afternoon.
Plugged it in, started right up. Activated without doing anything. 16.49 mbps sitting in the window.
Accessed the manager to change passwords etc. 1.0.1 fw.
Checked online AT&T account and found everything correct.