[DutchmenSport]

In the past, we had Direct TV and Dish TV at the house. We had each for about 3 years. When we got Dish TV, we started with a tripod antenna but quickly moved to the Tailgater (which found the satellites automatically - much easer). The receiver traveled from the house to the camper and back to the house when we traveled and returned home.

We never bothered contacting Dish TV when we traveled to get local stations. We just flip to over-the-air television form our camper roof-top antenna for local networks.

We were with Direct TV first and then Dish TV second and we dropped both of them after about 3 years with each because both followed the same pattern. They started us out with a reasonable payment (and all we had was basic) that lasted a year. The second year, the price jumped. They re-negotiated a price for the second year, which was still higher, and the same thing for the 3rd year. By the 3rd year, the price (for both) reached over $100 a month. That was just too much to pay.

The other thing that turned us off on satellite television was the amount of commercials. We are not sports enthusiasts at all, we are movie watchers and more reality-type shows like This Old House, or Love it or list it, Property Brothers, HGTV stuff....

We noticed a trend with all of these shows, stations, and services.... there was eventually nothing new. They seemed to repeat the same shows over and over again. Next, the commercials lasted longer than the actual show.

Between the higher prices, repeat shows, and nothing but advertisements, we decided to simply go back to over-the-air television.

Oh granted, there were those campsites where we had absolutely NO television reception. And that was OK too. We adapted and found other ways to occupy our time.

Moving forward a few more years. Our jobs started allowing us to work from home (Information Technology work, computers). And all was great at home, but when the pandemic started, we really wanted to take our jobs on the road with us.

Finding a suitable cell phone program provider that fit our needs was a long process. We had AT&T and the hot spot worked great with my company, but not the wife's.

Early this year we learned about Visible and a truly unlimited data plan. We decided to give it a try. We picked up a small portable router that plugs into the phone so we can connect multiple devices, and we've been using it exclusively for almost everything since we got it!

As we travel around, Visible has not lost a beat (only once, and we switched back to our AT&T phones for a couple days). And we do a lot of streaming video on our Ruko televisions and our computers for work, work flawless.

Before forking out a bunch of money for a satellite system that is going to lock you into contract for a couple years, watch stations that are 50% advertisements, and face rising prices, ..... at least .... look into Visible?

FYI.... even if the campground offers cable hook-up, we don't use it. The few times we've tried, we are horribly disappointed because there's nothing but advertisements. We switch back to our Visible and use our choice sites. There may be some advertisments for the unpaid (not subscription required) sites, but for the $40 a month unlimited Visible plan, it's not so frustrating now. By the way, if you go in a plan with another person, the price reduces.

And yes, regardless of what the nay-sayers say, it truly is unlimited. I know ... we stretch the stuffing's out of ours!