As I wade in, I know I'll need internet and heavy use at least in the beginning. Where we will be spending next summer, only Verizon has service. As I look at the jetpacks they have available, mifi 8800L gets two stars, USB 730L gets three stars and Ellipsis MHS 900L gets two stars. Who has what and are you happy with it?

Thanks Rick

We have the 8800L and it’s worked well for us. 

We had the Ellipsis for a year and hated it most of the time and just switched to the 8800L and have been VERY happy. We have only had the 8800L for a month however.

I had an old 6620L and reactivated it with Verizon Prepaid Unlimited. Can't complain.

I suspect the reason the 8800L only got 2 stars was due to a problem fixed by a recent firmware update.  Before the firmware update some 8800Ls would drop the connection periodically.  I have an 8800L and it has been rock solid since the firmware update.  

  On 8/28/2019 at 10:16 PM, Sehc said:

I had an old 6620L and reactivated it with Verizon Prepaid Unlimited. Can't complain.

I'm still using my 6620L as well on the prepaid UDP. I've been checking eBay from time to time for a good deal on an 8800L, but I'm in no rush to get one. We still manage to find the occasional spot where 3G is as good as it gets...

Have had an 8800 for about 6 months.  It works fine.

Thanks for all the responses. That's very helpful.

After chatting with Verizon, now I'm confused again. So, the rep told me when I buy the 8800L I have to choose postpaid or prepaid plan and that it's locked where you have to leave it on one or the other for six months. I said that doesn't make sense if you pay full price and she gave some canned answer about people getting mastercards and leaving. I also asked if there is any difference between postpaid and prepaid, she said "prepaid has slower data"

I have read not to buy the mifi device from Verizon, but buy it from a reseller, then they wont hassle you about changing plans.

Can the 8800L connect to a router?

  On 8/28/2019 at 10:22 PM, Bill Joyce said:

  I have an 8800L and it has been rock solid since the firmware update.  

My 8800l works good most of the time but does drop out and causes some serious problems. Where can the firmware update be found?  Do  have to take it in to Verizon? Thanks

Catfish

 I'm no expert but we had the true uncapped unlimited pre-paid plan with the Ellipsis hot spot and wanted the 8800L. When we went to Verizon they said if we bought a new hot spot we would loose our unlimited as we know it and have to switch to their newer (not really) unlimited plan.

 I went to Best Buy and bought a 8800L with no plan attached to it, took it home and switched the sim card from my Ellipsis to the8800L and all was done and working well with no hiccup.  

  On 8/29/2019 at 7:51 PM, Packman said:

Can the 8800L connect to a router?

I tether mine with USB to a Pepwave Surf SOHO MK3 router.  Works great.   You do need to take it off power every once in a while to let it run off battery or you will ruin the battery.  I do that half the month when I switch to using an AT&t hotspot on the router.

  On 8/29/2019 at 9:17 PM, j2catfish said:

My 8800l works good most of the time but does drop out and causes some serious problems. Where can the firmware update be found?  Do  have to take it in to Verizon? Thanks

Catfish

There is a check for updates on the 8800L itself off one of the menus.   Here is info on that -  https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/verizon-finally-releases-8800l-1s-firmware-update-hopefully-fixing-reboot-disconnects/  .