I've been looking at a different ISP for the S&B home and a couple of the satellite providers like Hughes are interesting for my area. I starting to think that if I can use this at home why not in the MH since I already have a Dish setup.No idea if this would work or even if it's the best option for the house...but the experts here could shed some light on the possibilities.Thanks for any input.

We live in a remote area and tried Sat internet as there is no cable or DSL here. We paid $80 for the highest speed and to put it bluntly, it was awful. The speed was sporadic and the latency was very irritating. I was So happy when 4g was available here. Sat is expensive and not as reliable or fast as 4g, and requires line of sight (no trees or cloud cover) in my experience. Also, on a MH I imagine unless you full time and are sitting in the same spot it will be very difficult. It does not use your dish for TV. It requires a dedicated dish as it aims to a different position in the sky. The variance on the target is also smaller so it has to be perfectly aimed as opposed to tv Sat which can be close and still get your signal. It also requires a dedicated set of cables (2 - one for sending and one for receiving) that would have to be run. I would advise strongly against it and look at 3 or 4g options (wifi etc). More reliable and much easier to work with.

Dick, there are 2 distinct systems. Hughes is owned by Echo Star, the parent company of Dish, which is why you see the Dish Net system advertised as a package with Dish. The RV system is great, in that it gives you internet almost anywhere in North America, with the proper satellite. HOWEVER, the RV system and the home system are NOT compatible, in that the home system uses a very narrow spot beam, while the mobile system uses a broad beam. The Gen 4 home system is relatively fast, while the mobile system has a very long latent time lag and can be relatively slow. We have a motosat system on our RV and use it when we are working the patch or traveling in Mexico. Otherwise we use a hotspot, as it is much faster.Internet and TV can be received on the same "internet" dish, if you are assigned to the correct satellite. Our system uses the same dish, as we are assigned to a Satmex satellite and use the BOW for the TV channels.

The Hughes GEN4 satellite Internet system (also marketed as DishNet) is a spot beamed service that requires a separate dish and very precise aiming. It is not compatible with any TV satellite service dishes. Also, since it is regionally spot beamed, and neither Hughes nor Dish support frequent beam area changes, as we can do with the Dish local TV channel spot beams, the Internet service is not practical for most RV'ers. The service is expensive for the bandwidth allowed, and the high latency makes it impractical for many online games, if that's of interest. The high latency also makes it a poor choice for audio/video streaming and VOIP phone service use.

Effy is correct X 100 save money buy 2 cans and a string you will be much happier and save money..The sat internet is worse than worthless.

I think it's an option for homes that have no other options. Not practical for a MH. Can it be done? Sure. Are there better options? Yes. I use a 4g mifi/jetpack for our sole source of internet. I work from home a lot so have a double encypted VPN and a VOIP phone and it works fine. Also, the mifi can fit in your shirt pocket, can get 3 or 4 g where available and also acts as a router for up to 5 devices. It's small, portable and wireless and does not require line of sight. The only requirement is that there be a signal, not a problem anywhere I have been on the east coast. I understand some parts of the west/mid west have dead zones. Some new phones do the same thing although I hear it's a bit more limited. The only downside is you are limited to a certain amount of data per month based on your plan. But I don't know of any mobile ISP that does not have this constraint. (Would love to find one)You can thank our guvmint for that. Darn net neutrality.

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Effy
Explorer II
May 22, 2014
wallynm wrote:
Satallite

yes it can be done and look here.

That company is out of business - hence the RIP 2013 logo on their own page, but no one said it can't be done. It's just not practical given other options available. Your link sort of proves the point. That product was almost $900. I know it cost me $700 to install it when we had sat net. My mifi was free on my VZ account and it costs about $60/month for 10 gigs on a 4g network. And I am fully aware that there are dead zones in the US. Hence why Sat net exists. But it simply cannot compete with cost, performance, or ease of use where other options exist. Sat internet is marketed towards it's target consumer - those who have no other options (cable or 3/4g). Yes I know TEXAN that there are parts of the US that do not get cellular service. Again, that is the sole reason Sat net exists. If there were 100% coverage of cellular networks Sat net would dissapear. Just like Motosat in this link.
Executive45
Explorer III
May 22, 2014
Motosat has gone out of business....several of the former owners/workers have formed RF Mogul in it's place.....Dennis

RF Mogul
wa8yxm
Explorer III
May 22, 2014
The Sat Internet providers I know of are
Hughes classic, this is compatible with RV life, as someone up-thread says works from anywhere. With training you can easily set it up and they make automatic hardware that does all that for you. Downside is slow speeds (Low end DSL generally) and limits on bandwidthm though they do that one nicely.

Hughes new product.. I have not investigated but I suspect this is NOT rv compatible,

Excide Is also NOT compatible with the RV life Though I can tell you corespondent of mine uses it to stream multiple video streams. But then he has a "Business Account"

There used to be a company called, as i recall, Starband, do not know what happened to them but they were RV-able as well. Performance was close to Hughes Classic

And that about covers it.
two-niner
Explorer
May 22, 2014
We have the RF Mogul sat dish and system. Last year while at the little rv park closest to Zion NP, looked up at the sheer walls many hundreds feet high. Thought, "Oh well, don't need sat anyhow (sour grapes)". To my great surprise received Direct TV on first try. Friend with Dish setup and a better angle to the south couldn't get squat.

Ask me if I'm impressed with RF Mogul. (don't)

Kerry
Dutch_12078
Explorer II
May 22, 2014
wallynm wrote:
Satallite

yes it can be done and look here.

You do know that Motosat went out of business, right?
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 23, 2014
The Texan wrote:
Some people do NOT understand that cell service, of any kind, is NOT available in over 20% of the United States. Sure a hot spot is great, IF you have cell service, but not worth the box it came in, if you are somewhere in that 20%+ area.

The "new" Gen 4 system is MUCH faster than the older systems and unless you have used it, do NOT lump the 2 together. We have a satellite system at the ranch in NV, because there is NO updated cell service or cable internet for us to use. We had the older Hughes Net system and now have the latest Gen 4, so I do know the difference. I would have no problem using Gen 4 here at our mountain home, if we wanted to, as the speed with it is very fast.

It is good service and it's going to be good in your mountain home. However, it's not mobile so it's of no use to an RVer.
Goldencrazy
Explorer
May 23, 2014
My HughesNet Gen 4 really sucks.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 23, 2014
Deleted as incorrect.
The_Texan
Explorer
May 23, 2014
Bill, I tried to send this to you in a PM, but you don't allow PM's.

You need to do a little research. The last time I checked, Echo Star was the parent company of Dish TV and Echo Star did purchase Hughes Net. Hughes Net is still a stand alone company, but they are now owned by Echo Star.
Modracer
Explorer
May 23, 2014
We use an iphone5 on Verizon as a hot spot. (I know it doesn't work everywhere) but it is the best we have found, especially if 4G is available.