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Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data?

Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data?
Published on July 24, 2017 at 07:30PM
New submitter SEMLogistics writes: I’m working with a well-known rock band, that is not based in the U.S., and has an upcoming U.S. tour this fall. The issue they always run into, however, is when renting a tour bus and traveling with 12 to 14 people, they consistently blow through data allowances set by the bus company. This leads to tremendously expensive overages, and greatly throttled data. “When chartering a Nightliner tour bus, travel companies only typically allow for 10GB data a month. With 12 people, downloading music and streaming movies, we can easily exceed 12GB a day! This leads to thousands of dollars every month in overages!” Slashdot, help! Are there any good mobile hotspot options with unlimited data, and monthly contracts (I haven’t found any), or other alternatives than to simply be held a data-hostage?

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