Anyone Using a Portable HughesNET Gen 5 Setup for Internet?
Like a system from Mobile Internet Satellite
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kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Cannot speak to the portable systems, but if you are looking for a portable sat solution you may want to also explore Viasat.
For an RVer, the only two solutions I would consider are the rooftop automatic RVDataSat 840 or the HughesNET Gen 5:
Following HughesNET Gen 5 vs DirecTV photo from Hitchhitch web site
While the RVDataSat 840 has better coverage than HughesNET Gen 5, the RVDataSat costs $6500 (not including installation) + all the data plans are much slower than the Gen 5's. For example, an Access 200 plan costs $129.99 mo - 1 year contract, 1.5 MBPS down, 300 KBPS up. However, there is no data limit!
A HughesNET Gen 5 portable system will set you back about $1600 and the data plans are much faster. For example, The Business Internet Mobile 75 plan (50 GB Anytime / 25 GB 8 am-6 pm) costs $169.99/mon + there's a 2-year contract.
