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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bigdog2
Explorer
May 23, 2014
We have a motosat dish on the motorhome. Since Hughes does not service mobile systems, we get our service through Real Time Communications. We also get Dish network with the same dish (with 2 lmb's, one for 119 & one for 110.) When we are home Real Time lets us put that system on vacation and we use dsl for internet and a stationary dish for tv. Works well for us as we have both tv & internet while traveling and while in San Felipe for the winter.
TechWriter
Explorer
May 23, 2014
wa8yxm wrote:
Excede 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"

Not quite.

While many of the ViaSat Excede antennas, like this one, are intended for ENG (Electronic News Gathering) or the military, all of them are not.

It looks like you could get one for your RV (Datasheet, 6 MB PDF, see the bottom of page 71).

These bad boys are up to 50 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, and can be had for about $20k.

One would look great on your H3-45.
jimandfam
Explorer
May 23, 2014
I had Hughes internet before ,I hated it cost a cheap load and was worthly, 4g mobile rocks.

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