Satellite TV is Dead, Direct TV just lost 267,000 customers

Here is a great source for accurate information on what's available and what it costs if you are interested in satellite internet for RVer's.
Mobile Satellite Internet

pnichols wrote:
FWIW, here's satellite Internet service - 50 GB/month data at 25 Mbps download speed (click on "50 GB" to see this plan). This download speed can handle about 5 HD resolution streams at once, or 1 to 2 4K resolution streams at once (I don't think satellite latency affects steady-state movie streaming): https://www.hughesnet.com/get-started

So ... satellite Internet access is indeed "here" (except for maybe gaming use).

Hughesnet has a captive audience, very little if any competition, once Elon and others get there satellite internet service up and running and more 5G towers setup along with more 4G towers in remote areas the prices will come way down..

Don't forget internet service thru phone lines and cable lines and soon the internet market will be saturated, I suspect by 2022 internet will be available almost any where in America and maybe cheaper cost than today..

rk911 wrote:
it ain't cheap

This is Ku-band (or old timey) HughesNET satellite Internet service.

This is the current (Ka band) HughesNET Gen 5 satellite Internet service.

pnichols wrote:

HughesNet's most expensive satellite Internet plan is $149.99 per month.

Their equipment is about the same cost as DISH's to rent or buy. Their antennas are about the same size as DISH antennas . . .

For HughesNET home installs, the standard dish is 0.74 meter (29 inches) and a DISH 1000.2 dish is about 27 inches.

However, for better satellite reception people often upgrade to a bigger dish (.90 or -.98 meter) and now there are serious size differences . . .

pnichols wrote:

. . . so I see no reason why HughesNet couldn't be adapted to portable RV use just like with DISH or Direct TV systems.

HughesNET Gen5 portable Internet service has been available for about 2 years. I've had a portable setup for several months.

For more satellite Internet info . . . Satellite Internet for RVers.

Bumpyroad wrote:

sempka wrote:

pnichols wrote:
FWIW, here's satellite Internet service - 50 GB/month data at 25 Mbps download speed (click on "50 GB" to see this plan). This download speed can handle about 5 HD resolution streams at once, or 1 to 2 4K resolution streams at once (I don't think satellite latency affects steady-state movie streaming): https://www.hughesnet.com/get-started

So ... satellite Internet access is indeed "here" (except for maybe gaming use).

But the cost isn't cheap, it cost as much as dishnetwork...

$6500 to $16000??? my dish is a little cheaper than that.
bumpy :)

Huuuuuuh??? HughesNet's most expensive satellite Internet plan is $149.99 per month.

Their equipment is about the same cost as DISH's to rent or buy. Their antennas are about the same size as DISH antennas, so I see no reason why HughesNet couldn't be adapted to portable RV use just like with DISH or Direct TV systems.

The only "problem" is ... HughesNet needs to also offer regular TV programming right along with their Internet access. HOWEVER, a Roku unit could be used with HughesNet Internet service to kindof make up for no regular DISH-type or Direct TV-type entertainment programming -> for Nirvana in an RV out in the middle of nowhere.

("Gaming" won't fly with HughesNet though ... due to satellite latency issues ... but who cares about gaming when out camping in an RV in the great outdoors. :B )

sempka wrote:

pnichols wrote:
FWIW, here's satellite Internet service - 50 GB/month data at 25 Mbps download speed (click on "50 GB" to see this plan). This download speed can handle about 5 HD resolution streams at once, or 1 to 2 4K resolution streams at once (I don't think satellite latency affects steady-state movie streaming): https://www.hughesnet.com/get-started

So ... satellite Internet access is indeed "here" (except for maybe gaming use).

But the cost isn't cheap, it cost as much as dishnetwork...

$6500 to $16000??? my dish is a little cheaper than that.
bumpy :)

pnichols wrote:
FWIW, here's satellite Internet service - 50 GB/month data at 25 Mbps download speed (click on "50 GB" to see this plan). This download speed can handle about 5 HD resolution streams at once, or 1 to 2 4K resolution streams at once (I don't think satellite latency affects steady-state movie streaming): https://www.hughesnet.com/get-started

So ... satellite Internet access is indeed "here" (except for maybe gaming use).

But the cost isn't cheap, it cost as much as dishnetwork...

Satellite internet has "always" been here. If you are streaming, it might take a bit to get started but you will get a continuous stream but a bit of buffering would not be unexpected as multiple requests still need to happen.
Satellite Internet also requires special antennas (completely different than a satellite TV antenna) and if you plan to move from one location to another, special setups.
There are not any affordable automatic satellite internet antennas. You will need several thousand dollars to get one of those. That means you are going to have to carry a very large and bulky antenna/LNB/transmitter antenna from place to place and set it up and break it down at each new location.

FWIW, here's satellite Internet service - 50 GB/month data at 25 Mbps download speed (click on "50 GB" to see this plan). This download speed can handle about 5 HD resolution streams at once, or 1 to 2 4K resolution streams at once (I don't think satellite latency affects steady-state movie streaming): https://www.hughesnet.com/get-started

So ... satellite Internet access is indeed "here" (except for maybe gaming use).

After having dish with the tailgater for ten years, ATT convinced me to go with direct. After 6 months of their system never connecting with the new phones we bought I had enough. We had spent over 7 hours on the phone with multiple technicians and over 4 hours with multiple techs in their stores. I called ATT and politely but firmly let them know I wanted to cancel their direct tv service and I did not feel that they should charge me the $240 early disconnect fee. After a month they haven’t billed me, so far so good.
Now the rest of the story. I had sold my tailgater system for $250. I found a newer one for $100 in better condition than the one I had sold AND Dish gave me $300 for coming back to them! I am now a very happy camper with extra $$ in my pocket and a tv system that works, even through my phone too if I wanted. I am a Dish believer!