Just a few very short years ago, staying connected with family and friends while living full time in an RV was a difficult task.
A pre-paid phone card was a must.
Full time RV'ers who traveled a great deal depended heavily on prepaid phone cards that allowed you to make a long distance call from any landline phone.
Email was best handled by a simple system of portable acoustic modem which could use any pay phone.
Many RV parks offered aa single dial up connection in the RV park office.
Time on line was usually restricted to just enough time to retrieve email.
Today the Full Time Rv'er has several options.
Staying in touch is very easy with a nationwide cell phone plan that allows the RV'er to travel the width of the country without any roaming or long distance charges.
For those on a more restrictive budget, a prepaid phone plan such will offer excellent coverage at a bargain.
Connecting to the internet is also getting easier and better each year.
Data card cell phone plans are now available that allow near broadband speeds when in major population centers and better than dial-up in far flung rural areas.
This is a good option for full time internet access almost anywhere.
For the ultimate in portable connectivity, the internet by satellite cannot be topped.
Equipment costs to start are much higher but the service offers high speed internet connectivity anyplace in the US the dish can see the sky.
Perhaps the lowest cost method of accessing the internet is using Wi-Fi hot spots and service.
Many rv parks are offering Wi-Fi service, some free and some at a nominal cost.
Free wi-fi is available across the nation and can be located with a little searching almost anywhere.
Today, the full time RV'er can stay in touch easily.
The methods used in the past are still viable today as well as all the new options that have become available.