Help for internet in static caravan

We regularly stay in a caravan in a remote area and for many years have used mobile broadband. We used to use 3 and when I needed new equipment looked around and found Vodafone had a much stronger signal in that location, so swapped and it has been much better.

These networks have coverage maps on their web sites, so put your location in and see what coverage looks like with each of them. In all cases, we found that there was signal showing at one end of the caravan, but not the other - it is that detailed. We've found this to be very accurate.

I got one of the powered wifi hubs rather than a dongle (they vary in how many devices they can support), as this seems to pick up signal better and you can then use several devices at one time - phone for data, tablets, laptop etc. This also allows you, as others have said, to find the best spot to receive and then leave it plugged in and working - then you can pick up signal wherever you are in the van. It costs me £22.50 per month for 30Gb of data and that is enough to watch the occasional item on iplayer etc.

In the early days of mobile broadband when signal was less reliable, we found that once the item was plugged in and had found signal, we left it there and running, as powering down it wouldn't necessarily log onto a signal next time - making a hub much better than a single dongle.

We've found one corner of the van where signal is best and luckily next to a socket, so I actually have my pebble stuck on the glass with blutak and once it has optimal signal, it works reliably with several devices simultaneously and has never dropped signal.