Forum Discussion
vermilye
Sep 30, 2019Explorer
TechWriter wrote:Kevarino wrote:
l haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve been thinking that a desktop in the “cloud” might be the answer. Let it do all the heavy lifting and all you need is enough bandwidth to communicate with it.
There's the rub.vermilye wrote:
. . . while there are satellite services that could meet your requirements, they are not mobile, and very expensive.
Not true. Fast, Ka-band mobile sat service has been available for a couple of years -- HughesNet Gen 5 portable dish and HughesNet automatic sat dishes.
OP, the most common RV setup is some type of cell data plan, typically from Verizon or AT&T. And unless you use some sort of "biased" Internet speed tester, you'll almost never see the speeds you're looking for.
I use a cellular & sat data combo when I travel. Here's my last report of over 40 campgrounds I stayed at this year: Campground Internet Report 2.
50 Mb down & 10Mb up? & 10Gb per day?
About RV Must Haves
Have a product you cannot live without? Share it with the community!8,793 PostsLatest Activity: Aug 22, 2023