I generally stay out of here, but I'd be interested in thoughts... I don't see much discussion over the past year or so on improving performance of the Mifi units.
I'm not sure how long we've had Verizon, but I suspect it's 5 years or so. We have a couple Samsung GS5s and a MiFi 5510L.
In GENERAL, things work. We've got a 6GB data plan (I won't go into my feelings about the pricing on Verizon's unlimited plan), and most of the time the phones and MiFi "work". I'd happily move to an unlimited plan from a lower cost provider, but at the moment it seems that we have better coverage in the out-of-the-way places where we usually travel with Verizon, and since "no data, no travel" is my situation, I have to have a vendor with coverage.
At the moment we're in our small 5th wheel in Townsend,TN, and if I go down the road a half mile there's NO signal, which doesn't surprise me. But, in town we've got a signal, and can connect. In general, we get 1 or 2 bars on the MiFi. Not just here, but the vast majority of places we stay. Often, 1 bar. So it mostly works - not blinding fast, but enough to get done what has to get done.
For the last 4-5 days, the MiFi has been abysmal, to the point where my wife gave up and turned on the hotspot on her phone, which worked slowly, but at least it worked. And yes, I've reset the MiFi, pulled the battery and so on. I've also disabled ipv6.
Question: Would replacing the 5510L with something like a 7730 or whatever's current provide SIGNIFICANT improvement in signal strength?
Question: Are there accessories that will SIGNIFICANTLY improve the signal to the MiFi (and perhaps the phones), PREFERABLY that do NOT require me to put an antenna or whatever OUTSIDE the trailer and run a connection through the wall? Do ANY of those $10-30 gimmicks on Ebay actually do anything? Or the $400 ones?
