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/ lifeuncontained
We have almost been out here for two months now and we are so incredibly excited to say that we finally have off grid internet! Until now, we have had to go to our gym in town in order to upload videos. This is our first video that has been uploaded using our off grid internet! We decided to use a company called "Unlimitedville". The way it works is you pick a plan and they send you a router. This router picks up a signal from a cell tower from the plan that you have chosen. This is ideal for people in rural areas with low cell tower traffic. However, since we are so far from town and a cell tower, we needed to add two "Yagi" range extenders to maximize our connection. We initially wanted to get broadband internet but we are so far from town that this is our only option for truly unlimited internet. We are really happy with the results so far. Initially, we wished that we could use broadband but we are really happy that we ended up going with this service because now we feel like we are truly off the grid. With broadband, we would have had to have a cable installed from the grid and running to our home. We plan on strengthening our reception one day soon with a more permanent setup once our shipping container home is built.
Unlimitedville's Website:
unlimitedville...
Any time a TH-camr can post a positive uplifting string of content, especially with being eco-friendly, you two will be superstars almost right away. It's always refreshing to see REAL people doing life, challenging themselves, and posting it all. TH-cam is sadly full of negative trash for sensationalism purposes. Thank you for deciding to broadcast your journey!
Man I just found these videos yesterday like literally and man isn't that a talent to have. I'm a qualified builder. And watching you 2 build that from scratch with no experience, I take my hat off to you both. And brah, to your beautiful wife, what can I say? Her being there by your side from the start, I mean where can you find a lady like that. You are a LEGEND. Keep it up, stay strong. 👊💪❤️
We started watching your videos in mid 2019... after watching some of your early videos it is such a pleasure to see how far you've come AND how your little family has grown. Anyone who has not seen the 5 second clip of mom and baby in tin foil hats should look for it. All the best to you!
waited and checked almost daily for a new post love watching your whole process,, great going you two...GREAT JOB
1. Cabling - Make sure you're using the best, low-loss cable.
2. Antennae - Precise aiming, as well as separation and positioning optimize reception. Mount the antennae on the same plane, separated by at least four feet, and angle the bottoms toward each other at an approximate 30° angle.
3. Signal booster - Expensive? Perhaps. Worth it? Absolutely. These solutions will amplify the received signal. Turning three bars into five, no problem.
All the best.
The thicker the coax the lower the loss. USE NO MORE THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, IT'LL SAVE A BUCKET ON BOOSTERS AND GIVE RECIPROCITY: UP AND DOWN SIMILAR. AT the high frequencies cell signals work at, reducing cable loss is paramount. (old radio tech)
true, but i have found surplus 75 ohm off cable tv jobs gave impressive results in spite of the apparent mismatch.
Our cell booster from Uniden cost $500 but works great...most of the time. You have to have signal before you can boost it.
Thank You Mr. Wizard.....!
The background with the clouds moving is amazing. Great job so far guys!!
Awesome video today guys. Great that you got a stable Internet connection now. Thats important. Have a great weekend. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
Thank you and you as well!
You guys are two super duper goofballs 💕!!
I have literally become addicted to watching your Channel every single time you guys post. I am so amazed at how far the two of you have come. Personality, the playful attitudes, the amazing work ethic is absolutely phenomenal.
I'm in the state of Oklahoma... and my family actually owns 129 Acres of land south of Guthrie Oklahoma. I have often thought about doing exactly what you two are doing, being able to be self-sufficient however, I'm much older so that energy would not be in me.
I appreciate the two of you sharing your journey and I thank you for giving everyone watching a great deal of Hope.😊
Hey guys I am so proud of what you are doing . GOD Bless. Stay dry.
Alright you guys have less than 1k subs wtf?! Why hasn't this channel blown up yet?! Your content is good and your edits are great! Keep it up you two!! Your sub count is gonna explode soon i think
Haha thanks again potc420! You are awesome!!!
Yes, just found this channel and it is great
2 weeks later and it's currently at 4200 subs!
I subbed this morning at 24k and this evening it’s just about ready to hit 27k. Very big congrats 🍾🎈🎊. When your good your good.
2 months later
I clicked the like button when you said that you have never watched a single Harry Potter movie 👍 hahaha that's my claim to fame too. Anyway, T-Mobile is now my family's only ISP. I cut the cord to our DSL last month. So far so good. But it is a adjustment. So I am really curious about you MO-Fi router. Unlimited Ville is interesting too.
Me too
Mine too!
Every time I see clips of Bear- o say he is so cute!
Decided to just text you. That blanket was cute on his head when you comment about ‘Red Riding Hood’. Lol I swear he understood you remarks!
Too funny!
put the router in a waterproof box up the pole in between the antennas, you'll get much better results
don't use those extra long coax cables, those only add signal loss
Great suggestion Amaury Jacquot!
Hey bud, couple questions, if you have the time. So I'm in the mountain and currently just use my (hardly available) LTE and occasionally can use it for hotspot but I'm wondering how I can manage to go about actually receiving internet out here and potentially play video games online?
Not accurate. Yes there is drop loss, it is next to nothing for the length of the cable.
Derrick Pereslucha look into WILSON ELECTRONICS: Weboost system with external directional antenna
@ Flying Monkey the loss at mobile phone frequency is high in coax unless it is very expensive quality coax for the very high frequency
😂😂😂 y’all are funny. I’ve enjoyed watching the videos. It fills my days. Thanks from Virginia.
QUESTION: The power pole you have your wireless internet modem antennas on, does the transformer on that power pole have a ground wire from the top of the pole coming down and into the ground to a copper ground lead at the base of the pole ?
If if does, then you need to put a lightening surge protector on those antenna wires coming into your modem, to keep lightening strikes on the lines connected to the top of that pole from following your antenna wires into your home and burning out your equipment.
I enjoy your channel, hope you keep posting and that your subs grow to help cover your costs. Good luck!
Thank you so much Paul Sanders! That is the long term goal but we are a long way from that. Haha
@@life.uncontained you are there now :)
👍3 Bars is all ya need🤗😇👍😜 I live in suburbia all i ever have is e bars. You've all come so far.... Wow!!! Great job. What an awesome time to be ""off the grid"" WISHING YOU GUYS THE BEST!!!
Hola , me gusta la alegría que trasmiten , la hermosa familia que han construido , NO ENTIENDO NADA su idioma y menos lo que dicen , pero los sigo siempre porque sus rostros , la calidez que tienen , transmiten ser BUENAS PERSONAS ... vivo en Buenos Aires Argentina , en La Capital y pienso comprar un terreno para construir una casa de fin de semana , y cuando consiga el terreno le pienso mostrar al constructor su casa es hermosa lo que han realizado , para que el mismo , pueda realizar algo parecido . Traten de mandar vídeos donde se ve como queda el interior , solo se ve en youTube el exterior de la casa , Gracias , Diana
Your channel is just EXPLODING. 17 K last night, 20K this morning and 22K tonight!
You two are two Lucky individuals. Be Happy and Safe.
You should try mounting the antennae at a right angle to each other, one antenna should pick up signals the other can't that way. Right now they're just picking up the same signal
Geniusaur we tried that and multiple other ways and this seems to be the strongest signal for now. According to OpenSignal there is only two T-mobile towers anywhere near us and one of them we could not get a signal from at all.
Have a look at this guys setup . All the right pieces th-cam.com/video/7m_I9i0eTnM/w-d-xo.html
@@life.uncontained Opensignal only shows towers that have been mapped by a device on that brand. so unless someone with a pink device has been running the app while cruzing in your neighborhood they wont have anything, only a guesstimate based on signal strenght. Use that to find the actual tower on a sat map and then point your antennas based on that new information. The receiver wont update its signal fast enough to get more than general hand aiming. you might try doing that with only one antenna and then addiing the second afterwards.
This man is very intelligent! I've noticed that! He speaks very well too! A lil of subject I just thought I say that! Compliment is never bad anyway lol! A
i had no idea this company existed. thanks for sharing your experience and also that this is even a thing!
I realize this video is a year old.
Mbps is not megabytes, it is megabits MB)
at 14Mbps, that is (14M / 8 = 1.75MB)
You guys are great !!!! been binging while I Fusion360 concepts for my container garage build, and meditate on the off grid concepts.
hi you too bet you thrilled to bits to have the internet just shows how we take things for granted lol not seen cows for a wile lol
Oh, I love your dog. He is so cute!
I am watching most of the videos and i enjoy more than a relationship. Please upload more videos in the coming day. Keep on rocking guys!!!
很喜歡你們的影片，喜歡看蓋房子，你們在歡樂中一起克服困難的蓋自己的家園，都是自己動手，超厲害的。。。。
God bless you guys! Respectfully, Steve
Not trying to step out of line here or anyting but let your sister know she is very beautiful from what I seen on your phone and you guys are still doing amazing things to your land keep up the good work :)
I am slowly working threw all ur guys videos ... love what you both are doing
Bars don't = speed, just the connection strength. You can still get full speed with one or two bars, as long as it holds consistent.
I agree I've heard there's no standard on bars - varies by the phone and carrier. You have to look at the decibles from what I've heard but maybe unlimitedville does it different
Internet bandwidth is not a measurement of speed, it is a measurement of volume.
You are not measuring how fast the data gets to you, but how much data gets to you per unit time (DATA AMOUNT per SECOND).
It is not how fast the water flows over the waterfall, but how MUCH flows over every second.
Stop calling it 'speed'. Speed is also known as 'latency', or the time it takes for signals to travel along the medium (be it a wire or the air), and it is measured in milliseconds.
Aww, you guys are the cutest. lol that bird interrupting you! Love y'all's videos :)
McKinzey that levitation spell you said was sooo funny and Spencer didn't know what it was!! Ya ought to say it again standing next to him.. and after saying it give a goose in the butt... and then say see it worked!! as Spencer jumps. LMAO. ..."wingardia Levioso"..
Put a add or check on Craigslist in your area. Many homes have now gone to cable in town. many also have TV antenna towers from before. In most cases you can get them for free. Sometimes you may have too take them down yourself. All you will need is a grinder/cutter. of some kind to cut the old bolts off. Attaching A pulley on a chain to hang from the tower bracket that is highest point on the house, 2 Ropes one in the pulley for lowering 2nd for directing the tower away from power lines or other buildings, will let you bring it down safely , Use a hydraulic jack and 2 boards to separate tower sections for hauling away after you cut off the old bolts that is I hpoe this helps. I lve in the boonies too And this is what I did. lol
Hey,way to go Spencer.Harry Potter was on t.v tonight and i told my Mrs that I haven't watched a single Harry Potter movie either.👍
You both are so lucky that you can build and owned beautiful house in pleasant place, love to see happy life always and forever sorry for my poor english writing,
Love from Myanmar💖
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What a perfectly matched and lovely happy couple.
Love your guys spirit and go get em attitudes. Love the videos.
I reached out to Unlimitedville and they did an address check and came back to me with very bad news. "No registered cell phone towers near me to provide any service". So if you live out in the middle of the desert in Arizona like I do, best to find a different plan.
Just started watching today. Looks like I better start with video #1. Off grid is something not really available when I was in construction but it has come such a long way very quickly. Looking forward to your next video..
Ustedes son los mejores son una motivación para muchas personas saludos desde colombia
I don't know how I found your channel but I'm thinking of doing the same think your doing so you guys just got your self a subscriber.
I don't know who's guns are bigger, but damn! Nice guns at 9:36 💪. Glad your channel was suggested. Can't wait to see how the containers come out. Just a suggestion with the panels that were cut off from the sides of the containers... how about a porch/ patio cover? Or maybe a storage shed?
13 Mbit/s is quite good, I get here with myTelekom (T-Mobile) plan in my village in northwest Germany almost 3-6 Mbit/s speed with 4-5 bars LTE (4G) reception. But I have 175 Mbit/s landline connection here. In European comparison, the prices for smartphone and data contracts are quite high here, but the prices in the USA are really extremely high in comparison.
Hey guys I don't live off grid but I do have TMOBILE home internet it is 50 bucks a month and they don't have a data cap or throttle my family used 1.3 TB's last month alone. Oh they also sent the router to you for free! definitely worth looking into.
Lucky guy. She's beautiful and so full of life and up for anything.
You guys living my dream. Subscribed 😊
Thank you! This has been many years in the making.
Ya..living my dream
Inquire with T-Mobile where the nearest tower is and ask if the would consider putting a tower out on your property for you and your neighbors. There’s financial advantages to having a provider lease property for their towers. 😀
I would think you metal roof would cause attenuation (signal grounding). That’s why you get better reception off of the pole.
Have y'all considered using a phone app, free calling and text? You just need wifi, so if you're at home most of the time, it'll save you money. The service isn't always the best, but it works. I've used it for yrs. Cheers!
haha great harry Potter reference, MacKenzie! Really curious how this whole project works out, as my wife and I have been planning a similar project of selling our traditional home and building a smart, green home off the grid out of a pre- packaged home kit.
Wow, that’s great speed. I can only get between 1-2 bars for my Internet, but not complaining since it’s a luxury here in some areas of Texas.
The best video I ever saw on TH-cam.. I am calling people to subscribe.. I can't watch this alone
Well, it's nearly 2 years after making this video, how do you feel about this system now or what have you changed??? SUBS want to know!!!
@@nzlemming we need to know
They do not live in the house and don’t use the system yet.
They’re framing the interior as I am writing this comment.
@@charlesmasclef1309 they've been using the system to upload TH-cam videos. That was the whole point of installing the system from the beginning. They've been using it for years now. I think it's a fair question to ask about their opinions on how their internet service is performing.
Bruno Vic
Well I didn’t know about that, makes sense.
So basically it depends, it changes for everyone. Technically if you have good 4g on your phone where you live you will have good reliable internet with this « method ».
You have to be careful of what carier you chose as some limits data use for some areas and some includes high fees after brandwidth exceed a certain number of data.
@@charlesmasclef1309 a phone has a fixed antenna and circuitry that you cannot change. Phones are designed with an assumption that you will be near a tower. In this couple's case they aren't using a phone. They are using a MoFi router with directional antennas designed to pick up long distant signals from far away. Depending on their setup (positioning, type of antenna, elevation, feed line and amplifier) they can improve their signal reception. They said in their video that they were going to do research to help improve their signal reception. However we haven't seen any update on their internet setup and whether or not they've made improvements. I personal was considering an off the grid setup in the future. So knowing what worked and didn't work would definitely help someone like me have an idea of what I can do for myself in the future for an off the grid internet solution.
Also I think you need to watch this video again. These guy talk about their subscription to Unlimited Ville which gives them unlimited internet service over 4G networks.
Love the dog, Yes, You guys too.... Love all your videos....
Good evening from St John Parish, Louisiana.
The options you have for Internet Off Grid
1. Contact the local Cellular Provider, if they would install a Commercial Cellular Tower on your property
In the Cities, they pay building owners to install these Cellular Towers everywhere to increase their signal
2. A telescopic Pole for the current range Extender you have
3. Satellite Internet which you said you don't prefer
4. Fixed Terminal inside your house (for all Telephony services) that uses a GSM card. So this is after you have resolved the reception issue outside. Fixed Terminals would work mostly like a wired landline phone or wired Ethernet Router for the PC + Router Wifi inside your house. Will fix the white spot reception problem
5. Once you have decided on your Internet provider (see also option 6 below) you can use Magic Jack or netTALK for VOIP Line
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6. Laptops and PC can use a GSM adapter to receive internet via Cellular connection, to avoid additional service
Example, if you get a family plan from T-Mobile (4 lines ), so that 4 GSM cards, you can use the other 3 or 2 for the PCs (1 Desktop + 1 Laptop)
FYI - Both Magic Jack and netTALK give you an App on your smart device to receive the VOIP line calls (and make the VOIP line calls) from your Smart device, usually iPHONE devices or ANDROID, but now Windows Moble
Love your videos
i guess im a little late ..only now started to wach your build and every thing! awsome work later on with the house really! amaseing! maybe one note if you need it... try to put the 3g/4g modem into a electrical box ..then mounting it on the pole with the antennas so ypu have less of signal noise. antenna coax can lose a lot of signal on the long run... so you just have to pull the ethernet inside the barn/hpuse...and put an wifi AP insde the hpuse.. but tish is a long time ago and i think you allready fixed it ;) anyway awsome work both of you! Hi from Slovenija :)
Loving this more each day!
pro tip, if you can mount the router close to the antennas you get less losses in the cables.. now you have a high gain antenna but you are probbebly lose a lot of it in the cables
how about Putten a box with the Router closer towards the antennas. The most Gain you lose is through the Long antenna cable. Run the ethernet and a powercable through the conduit. That should improve the gain significantly. Keep on Rockin'
I'm with you Spencer. I've never watched Harry Potter either.
Wow, guys! That was so helpful and just a truck load of awesome sauce!
They look like the external antennas I have. With that said, mine are directional. I used them while camping. Don't remember the site but you can look up the exact location of cell towers from where you are and what service provider comes from that tower. But try all options, I have Verizon , but in some cases I got better wifi pointed at an AT&T tower. Lol. And yet sometimes I got better service pointed up at 30° just over the tree line. Good luck
Ok i have to go to bed now. This is great and I cant wait to watch more. I don't know why, but I need more. lol
Great couple you are....lots of love from India.... great work....😘😘😘😘😘😘
How about an update on this video? Also a humble suggestion from the King’s #1Fool: Get an aluminum pole, attach the antennas while on the ground, then pick it up, and raise up against the existing pole (“higher, no even higher” 😃) and attach it.
It's not about the bars, it's about the quality of the signal.
Had to get that off my chest.
Hi guys, been watching a few of your videos and they've been very entertaining. Thought I'd throw in some food for thought. I've got background in sat and cell tech and one of the factors in setup has always been line of sight. Whether it's been tree branches or structures, pointing to a tower or satellite always had best results when the line of sight is unhindered. If it were me setting up for signal, I'd find out the direction of your tower/towers, and position your antenna so there are the least amount of interference, preferably a mount with no inference. Your signal will probably not get any better than the three bars but that's just the nature of the beast but you can at least reduce, say, swaying branch interruptions. Hope that helps even if a little.
A cellular extender might be a good investment for this setup.
It would gather & amplify the signal so you should get way better reception.
Spenser looked like Moses trying to part the Red Sea on that ladder. Oh, and be careful on the ladder.....🙂
Michael Lilly he reminded me of the Christ statue in Brazil on the top of the mountain or the Christ of the Abyss underwater statue in the Florida keys with the upstretched arms.
Cool video. I can't believe how much I learned from watching just a few of your videos. Tesla batteries and your internet solution! wow next level stuff...
Hey guys, this is a very old video and I assume you already either fixed your reception issues or have other things more important in hand, either way few suggestions. Find a way to mount the router closest to the antennas. Unless you ordered some extremely expensive coax cables, the attenuation will be severe and most of the signal you would be picking up with those antennas will be lost in the cable. Just get the router up there and the run an ethernet cable back to the barn where you can attach another router to it for wireless. If you turn off DHCP on the second router and attach the cable from the first one to the second on the LAN ports, your first router would be able to handle IPs seamlessly, so it would be like you are attached directly to the providers router.
Life Uncontained is the ultimate social distancing life lol. Love it.
Power wires can conflict with the tower signal fyi. It would be better to have the internet away from any power wires. Maybe have a dedicated pole for internet?
Nice and green area around your home...
DEWD! NEVER watched a Harry Potter movie ever either. I think we just became best friends!!
Supervillains! Love those guys.
You do know some companies will pay you to use your land to put a cell tower up with the approval of the town of course. It wouldnt hurt to look into it. It may give you free service. Yet again if they are paying then most your expenses for intenet or other things might be free. Its an option.
Who does your aerial photography and what do they use? I see that it's super stable and crystal clear. I know that there are some relatively inexpensive drones and Gopro clones that almost anyone can fly successfully. That place is really beautiful. Do NOT allow the stress of what you are doing affect your health and relationship. I know from experience that it can work on you. So keep that communication open and realize you will get through this stronger and wiser.
My 1-2 bars is with DSL in Central Texas here; we might be “Central”, but we’re still in the Stix 😂
I just laughed when the wife said the spell wingardium leviosa... She must be a Harry Potter fan.. I am also a fan of the Harry Potter series.. 😊😊
Spencer should watch the entire series and I am pretty sure that He will also be one of us.. 😅😅
I have satellite internet now, 65 a month and no signal loss during storms. Depending on what part of Texas you might beable to get it too.
I used to use the T-Mobile internet and had A lot of problems with it getting disconnected.
Ouch! I'm lucky enough to be in a service area of a dedicated link wireless provider. Have an oval BBQ grill type microwave dish mounted to my cargo container. Service is solid as a rock, even in a major white out blizzard. I pay $39.95 a month flat rate for a data cap free 2 meg link. My entire system with WiFi router uses 28 Watts.
Big fan of the channel! Our house burned in a big fire last year and we bought a chunk of land to start over and are living off grid. We started a TH-cam channel - it’s brand new. Uploading media has been a HUGE challenge. Are you still happy with UnlimitedVille?
I like the idea of you guys being off the grid I wish I could do that
I think your production value of filming is good
Tends to make me feel like I am in same room sitting across from y'all , only I can't interrupt you with questions. Ha ha.
Ahh the real reason for going to the gym...internet.lol
Thumbs up 👍 getting power 😊
This is great! Your sister looks just like you (gorgeous)! I'm glad this is working. I need something like this for my tiny house on my land.
Your relationship is what matters and got dam I love you guys
You guys are great!
That's great news on the internet. Hmm, i wonder if it's available here?
OK I have to pause the video a second time cuz.YOU HAVE A FREAKIN UTILITY POLE THERE! 😆😆😆 I guess it is always good to have a backup plan 😁 ok back to the video...
Since you guys should get the TV off the grid too check out Tiger Stream or Free Stream. All you need is wireless internet the box and HDMI cable which they provide and you will be truly off the grid with all the TV services you could want for free, all you do is pay one time for the box and it is totally legal too.
Q/A. I may have missed the video where you discuss buying the property but I'll ask anyway. Apparently there used to be a house on that property. Have you checked for a septic tank or did you already install one? Have you checked to see if there is a well? Don't be like that city in Saudi Arabia that but a beautiful city but forgot to install a sewage system.
I have T Mobile as well for my phone for almost 20 years only problem I have is if I travel outside my area I lose service if I go far and there isn’t any T Mobile towers that sucks but it’s great at home
Why didn't you consider Hughes Net Satellite Service? I am in awe of your achievements. So grateful for your video diary!
lol watching your video's with our MoFi on a parabolic and yagi..
Look into going with Tmoibile directly, we have the Tmobile One plan in a family plan configuration, its only $90/month for 3 lines for us with autopay, the 3rd line is used for hotspot only. At our property we installed a RV mobile data range extended kit we bought and it increased service to all our phones, but we get unlimited 3g in hotspot mode up to 12-15down/3-5upload. If we want to watch a youtube or netflix since its free on our tmobile plan we get to stream it unlimited 4g/lte speeds as long as we hard lock the resolution to 480p on the phone. we both have Samsung S9's and we bought one of the Samsung Dex docking stations which turns our tv into a computer basically, we set the resolution to 480p in the settings and we can watch unlimited youtube and netflix at that resolution, which honestly is just as clear as standard cable tv. So we signed up for youtube tv and watch it in 480p for free at 4g/lte speeds, the 3g connection limits us to 720p res on youtube and netflix and occasionally cuts out, so getting the more dependable viewing on 480p in the dock is way better. Also the Samsung S9 is able to edit videos while docked into the Dex pretty dang well, faster than our laptop when we post them ourselves. The big thing on the Tmobile One plan is the 480p resolution, when we first started using it we racked up like 90gb of 4g lte and they throttled our 4g/lte and gave us a call about excess use.. the customer service rep explained to us the 480p resolution is the max res on unlimited streaming of youtube, netflix, and audio streams without counting towards us. above that counts toward getting throttle cap
Check into NetBuddy. $100 hot-spot modem (you can buy from Amazon), $70 a month for unlimited, LTE data....I get 20-50mbps depending on time of day. Enough to stream HD TV, and stream to as many devices as I want through a wireless router.
SUGGESTION: Why don't you place the antena in one of the Highest Tree near your home?😊