Dear Brent,

johnny November 7th, 2008

On 2008/10/25 at 12:11 PM, Brent wrote:

Hey guys,

Currently working my way through your all your postings. My wife and I are in the “can we really do this” stage of making the same change that you two have. Very much enjoying reading through your process.

Much like you two, we both work in technology and are somewhat dependent on the . Add to that, the need for research / blogging / and potentially some work while traveling and connectivity gets to be one of our important decisions. So I’m curious, how are you feeling about the cell network decision versus satellite? Working out as you had planned?

Brent

Well, Brent, I’d have to say I don’t like any of the choices available. I’m pretty happy with the performance of , but I’m extremely upset with changing the contract midstream so that it no longer remotely resembles the class of service that we originally purchased. I have already ranted about this particular event once, so I’ll try and stay on subject…

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Tech Specs

Hitek Homeless July 23rd, 2008

The :

2001 Ford F-350 Lariat

  • Dual rear wheels
  • Crew cab
  • 4×4
  • 7.3L Diesel (International)
  • Timbrens
  • Front and rear cargo haulers

The Camper:

2008 Arctic Fox 1140

  • Wet bath
  • Couch seating
  • Full-wall cabover wardrobe
  • 9k BTU Air conditioner
  • No oven or microwave (more storage!)
  • Thermal pane windows

The Bikes:

  • Trek RST 3700
  • Roketa MC-17-50T (Sicily)

The :

service (for now you greedy bastards!)

  • Novatel U727 card
  • Cradlepoint CT350 router
  • Dual-band Omni-directional external antenna
  • 3 Watt Bi-Directional Dual-Band amplifier

The Network:

  • Fujitsu Lifebook 1510
  • Dell Vostro 1500
  • ReadyNAS 600 (700GB RAID5)
  • 2 Cowon A2’s for random movie/music access

The :

  • Wordpress
  • Gallery2 image gallery
  • WAY too many plugins
  • Feeds by Feedburner
  • Hosting by HostGator
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Mommy, where does the Internet come from?

johnny June 17th, 2008

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It turns out that our new wasn’t quite as deserted as we had hoped. Every couple of hours this drives by with a tour group. Since they never come back down past us, I assume they’re just driving a loop through the . A few other folks drive by on occasion, but for the most part, they don’t slow down and point.

As we hadn’t been out for a hike in a while, we decided to hike up one of the less improved roads to the top of the mountain. We were keeping an eye out for a new , hazards we might have trouble crossing with the camper and halfway hoping we were on the right road to reach the lookout tower.

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They only have one bar of internet!

johnny June 13th, 2008

As we’ve mentioned, we spent the last week in a beautiful in the middle of nowhere. The only downfall to this Utopian site was the complete and utter lack of cell coverage in the area.

After working over a decade in the industry, we’re officially junkies. We use it for everything: Researching campsites, routes, fuel stops and sightseeing trips. Entertainment, banking, paying bills, investments. And today’s favorite topic: the life and times of the garden variety yellow jacket.

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EVDOh!?

johnny May 31st, 2008

For about six months now, we’ve been very happy with our service from . We invested in extras such as an external antenna and a Wilson trucker amplifier. We have had some sketchy service as we traveled around, but we have very rarely been in a complete dead zone in our, admittedly, limited travels.

Verizon has a slightly better coverage footprint than , at least the way most people seem to figure it, but had one major benefit: unlimited connectivity and downloads. Verizon claims to have ‘unlimited connectivity’, but after 5GB in a month, they start charging you $0.49 per MEG!

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