This article excerpt is reprinted with permission from RV Companion Magazine, November/December 2003. For subscription information, click on http://www.rvcompanion.com/subscribe.htm

RV Net Links

Online Resources for RVers

by Steven Fletcher

My passion for RVs and the RVing lifestyle is equaled only by my love of computers and the internet In a previous Curbside column, I wrote about Wi-Fi and how I though it was going to be of interest to RVers. Since then, there's been a lot of progress. Several Wi-Fi providers have specifically targeted RV parks in their business model and already have installations in a few parks, with many more in the planning stages. There's no one directory for finding RV parks with Wi-Fi, but the links below will give you a good start.

RV Traveler Wi-Fi list http://www.rvtraveler.com/wifi.html

Linkspotcom http://www.linkspot,com

Camplan.com http://www.camplan.com

The Wireless Web http://www.thewirelessweb.com

Tengo Internet http://www.tengointernet.com/pages/tengozones.htm

RV Wi-Fi http://www.Rvwifi.com

RV Access http://www.rvaccess.com

If you're one of the many RVers who frequent Flying JTruck Stops, you'll be happy to know the company is providing WiFi at reasonable prices. According to their website http://www.tonservices.com/active_sites.php, the service was to be installed at all locations by the end of September.

Even better, Wi-Fi hot spots are popping up everywhere. Along with companies like Starbucks and McDonalds, lots of independent shops and restaurants are installing hotspots. Again, there's no single, complete, directory ofWi-Fi hotspots, but the links below will help locate many of them.

Boingo http://boingo.com/search.html

T-Mobile http://locations.hotspot.t-mobile.com/

WayPort http://www.wayport.net/locations

Surf and Sip http://www.surfandsip.com/

Flying J http://www.tonservices.com/active_sites.php

HotSpotListcom http://www.hotspotlist.com

WiFinder http://www.wifinder.com

EZGoal Hotspots http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots

The Wireless Node Database http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots

Wi-Fi Free Spot http://www.wififreespot.com/