Saturday, May 4, 2019

Deep Water and the Zen of Cell-based Networking

We hauled last Saturday to a very calm park in Asheboro, NC called Deep River Campground.   The park is a relatively small affair in that it has a fewer number of sites for RVs.  But it makes up for that lack with small cabins, tent sites, a biggish lake, and a river.

In my last post, I stated that the owner was very nervous about us getting our 42.5' 5th wheel into the only slot big enough and was going to have all hands on deck to assist.  That turned out to be not true and completely unneeded!  We made the corner with room to spare.

What we did not make, was the strength of the cell signal here.  On the T-Mobile Coverage Map, it warned us the signal was "fair".  We found out that I cannot work when the cell coverage is just fair.

Luckily, we were just 30 short minutes away from my sister's-in-law house!  *applause!* . We invited ourselves over for the week and problem solved.  In exchange for that, I will be installing an IFTTT-enabled garage door opener device one evening this coming week.  (Think, "Alexa, open my garage door!")

Today, I made the decision to haul the RV up to a park closer to my sister-in-law that has excellent coverage!  It is called Greensboro KOA ... very original.  Typical for a KOA, the sites are SO SMALL that I almost had to break out a measuring tape as I was getting the RV into place to ensure that we would not bang into our neighbor with our slide outs on EITHER side!  How Ridiculous.

However, I am getting excellent service on my t-mobile-based router.

We will only be here until this coming Saturday when the adventures continue for



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