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    On 4/3/2019 at 11:19 AM, scojohnson71 said:

    I have had mixed-experience with Sprint.   The Franklin R910 is a piece of garbage in my opinion.   We use our RV about 3 months out of the year, we live in Northern California, so we do not necessarily have to escape the weather, it's just for a change of scenery.   We are also in a rural area, and California is probably the worst for rural Internet service in the US.   We do have a "barely functional" DSL, with speeds that have not improved since we bought our house 25 years ago. 

    You may have already checked with your phone company about upgrading your DSL.  We live in rural northern Vermont and were tickled to finally get DSL after years of satellite internet (ugh!).  We got the fastest available at the time, 7Mbps, and a few years later got a flyer about available upgrades. I called, they sent a tech out who replaced our DSL modem with a current AC capable modem/router. The upgrade used "bonded" pairs and we ended up with 22Mbps max with a tested speed of 16Mbps vs 6Mbps for the old system.  The telephone wire into your house has 2 pairs (4 wires), but only one pair is required for the phone. Bonded pair creates a 2nd phone line and bonds the 2 for faster speeds. Fiber or repeater upgrades in the area probably accounted for additional speed. 

     

    Thanks so much for your review of the Sprint plan. We had Sprint for over 20 years and spotty connectivity drove us to Cricket for much better service. This and the Verizon reviews are pushing me to the Verizon prepaid unlimited plan for $65 with auto pay. 

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