It is a very good article and I can tell it speaks from the heart. I suspect Alaska being extra hard prompted it to be written, just because it was the worst case, but you can have these issues in the lower 48.

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for posting our blog, Ruth! I found this because RV-Dreams was sending a bunch of traffic to our site and I wanted to thank whoever it was that shared our article.

We don't have an 8-5 type schedule in the sense of needing to be at a computer specific hours every day like some nomads we know, but we do still have to be online for around the equivalent of a full-time job every week, and as was mentioned above by Ruth, everything has shifted to work needing to be completed online as we do it, not uploaded later, with bandwidth requirements that keep going up and up. We have to use a proxy/VPN, a chat system, and do some video and voice calls over the internet - all of which eats through bandwidth like crazy.

We also have a Verizon unlimited plan that's great for in the lower 48, but hasn't helped us up here where service is super limited. AT&T has been strong in quite a few areas, but we only have 30 GB a month and are going through that like water! We're adding a T-Mobile line for the way back at Chris and Cherie's recommendation after spending some time with them up here, and have a pre-paid Rogers plan too for Canada. It's been a whole lot of a stress, and that definitely inspired me to expose the uglier side of working from the road, since so many make it look so effortless and I believe them to be liars! Canadian wi-fi in BC and YT has been crazy too, in that we had to buy it by the GB in some RV parks and public places, or you were just automatically cut off at a certain data cap in others. I can't wait for the day that this isn't such a big hassle anymore!

When we started full-timing we used to do project-based web design work, and while that meant we could work offline for a while and then seek out a good connection later, it also meant we often had crazy deadlines, changes thrown at us by clients last-minute that affected our travel plans to the point of pulling off the road and having to take care of emergencies right that minute, and a really variable workload from week to week that didn't allow for much planning. I actually prefer having a little less flexibility in where we stay, while knowing that our work will almost always be consistent and we can make plans to take afternoons and weekends off to enjoy this lifestyle we worked so hard for!

I certainly don't recommend this for everyone, least of whom people who get overly stressed by things going wrong, and it's definitely not an option for every profession. If you're able to work around internet issues and look forward to adventures during non-work hours (we often park our rig near decent internet then take our Jeep exploring on afternoons and weekends - more fun than trying to get the RV into crowded places anyway) it can still be worth the added stress. If you're also happy not moving around all the time, it's much easier. We're kind of insane in our wanderlust and do this to ourselves, driving a lot more miles and more frequently than many who work and live nomadically.

Thanks again, and I look forward to participating more on the forums!

I appreciate this as well. I'm still kind of a "newbie" at this -- only been f/t for a year -- and I've only been on the east coast so far where Verizon service has been pretty good. But I can certainly relate to this not being a vacation, and the only difference between working in my s&b house and in my rig is the view out the window. But I'm still stuck in front of my laptop for most of the day.

I know I don't have to be, but I'm still having a really hard time breaking myself of the habit of working the same hours as my clients (who are spread out from the UK to CA, so that's pretty much a 12 hour spread!)