Internet Help for travel nurse

suzanne4, RN · Sep 9, 2005

You can purchase cards for internet service just like you use for long distance, or you can sign up for a service like AOL or Earthlink where you just change the dial-up number that you use..............there is also cable modem that is available if you are going to have cable tv.

IdahoNurse · Sep 20, 2005

We will be travelling for the 1st time and would like to use our computer to communicate with friends. We will be in an RV and it has hook ups for the phone etc... Only problem is what internet provider should we use and how do we set this up? Any one out there that can help me?

As a travel nurse and full time RVer, the cable modem won't work.. because usually you get the cable service that is provided to the park, which is usually analog and not digital, which is required for service. Most full time RVers, instead of relying on park cable ALL the time, use satellite for television service. In which, you get get satellite internet.... which is what I have.

Yes, there are some parks that include phone, and you can choose a nation wide service.

Another, option is laptop with cell phone. Through a USB cable, I connect my cell phone to my computer and can surf the web. I use this system for a backup when I can't get the satellite to work, or when there is cloud cover.

The best deal is to look for the RV parks that have WiFi services... alot are free, bu some have paid services.

Hope this helps.

Timeout · Sep 29, 2005

As a travel nurse and full time RVer, the cable modem won't work.. because usually you get the cable service that is provided to the park, which is usually analog and not digital, which is required for service. Most full time RVers, instead of relying on park cable ALL the time, use satellite for television service. In which, you get get satellite internet.... which is what I have.
Yes, there are some parks that include phone, and you can choose a nation wide service.
Another, option is laptop with cell phone. Through a USB cable, I connect my cell phone to my computer and can surf the web. I use this system for a backup when I can't get the satellite to work, or when there is cloud cover.
The best deal is to look for the RV parks that have WiFi services... alot are free, bu some have paid services.
Hope this helps.

Idaho nurse, thanks for the info. How do you connect to your cell phone? I have a sprint phone and signed up for web access, but have no clue how to work it. Don't mind buying a laptop if I need to. I was under the understanding that all I had to do was type a message into the phone and send it to someones email address. Problem is I don't know how to put the symbol for "at' into the phone. By the way, my husband tried the cable company here and we're hooked up, but I know that I will have to do this again when we move, so the satellite sounds soooo much better. Thanks a bunch.

IdahoNurse · Sep 30, 2005

Idaho nurse, thanks for the info. How do you connect to your cell phone? I have a sprint phone and signed up for web access, but have no clue how to work it. Don't mind buying a laptop if I need to. I was under the understanding that all I had to do was type a message into the phone and send it to someones email address. Problem is I don't know how to put the symbol for "at' into the phone. By the way, my husband tried the cable company here and we're hooked up, but I know that I will have to do this again when we move, so the satellite sounds soooo much better. Thanks a bunch.

To use the cell phone, you just have to get a cable to go from your computer to your cell phone. The phone acts like a modem. We found our cable at Fry's Electronics. There is a program that either comes with it or you have to buy called SnapDialer... anyway, for about $50 you are set up.

Hope this helps!