Mobile hotspots in the parks?

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Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by delsdad » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:56 pm

I am planning to buy a prepaid mobile hotspot to use in the parks next month. My choices are Virgin Mobiles MiGo or the T Mobile 4G prepaid hotspot.
Can you locals shed any light on which will have better service in the parks?This method will be much cheaper than the roaming charges on my Canadian phone.



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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by glendalais » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:04 pm

Virgin Mobile runs on the Sprint network, which has pretty good coverage in the parks. They also tend to have much cheaper plans than the major carriers.



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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by Darksin » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:58 am

Central Florida is pretty well covered by all major carriers. I have US Verizon and always have gotten full 3G smartphone service at the parks.


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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by Big Wallaby » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:41 am

Darksin wrote:Central Florida is pretty well covered by all major carriers.
AT&T sucks. I can't tell you how often my iPhone shows Searching... or one bar of service. But anything running on the Sprint/Verizon network (they have a deal where they share towers, so if you have one you have the other) is gonna at least be decent.


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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by turkeyham » Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:47 pm

In Frontierland and also at the Plaza Inn, the cell phones loose signal. I have verizon and going towards the Mark Twain, the phone chokes out. My sister tried texting me in the Plaza Inn and I never got a text because there was no signal. :eek:

The other night when I went to the park with brother and his son, we noticed that there were no WiFi signs. There use to be areas near the stair cases and this time we saw nothing.



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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by hobie16 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:50 pm

What did you expect?!?! Did Davey Crockett have 3G service? :D:


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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by DonutGoddess » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:30 am

I second that ATT sucks. My cell usually won't work in the room while my husband's Verizon phone will. I do get service in the parks but it comes and goes.


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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by delsdad » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:45 pm

DonutGoddess wrote:I second that ATT sucks. My cell usually won't work in the room while my husband's Verizon phone will. I do get service in the parks but it comes and goes.
That's such a change from when I was touring, 12 years ago. My ATT phone out of Chicago had great service everywhere, except in Kansas City, where the issue was that no company had good service. The phone even worked in basements and some underground garages, like at the Shubert in LA. I thought ATT was great back then.



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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by drcorey » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:21 am

There is a nice hot spot right near btmr.
expecially in the summer on days with no wind.
even my rat sweats when I take her there.


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Re: Mobile hotspots in the parks?

Post by DonutGoddess » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:12 am

drcorey wrote:There is a nice hot spot right near btmr.
expecially in the summer on days with no wind.
even my rat sweats when I take her there.
LOL There are many of THOSE hot spots in WDW right now!

Some places my ATT iPhone does wonderful. But WDW is not one of them. Nor is my bedroom for that matter. Very annoying.


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