Forum Discussion
Bill_Satellite
Mar 21, 2019Explorer II
Satellite TV and Satellite Internet have nothing to do with each other. DirecTV and DISH do not provide satellite internet from their satellites and never have. They are not sitting on their hands, it's not their business.
I am amused by the folks that say DTV satellite TV is dead and then post that DISH will be the only satellite TV service left. Kind of silly to think one will have plenty of subscribers but the other is dead in the water.
Rural cellular internet has ZERO chance of having unlimited 4G service at a reasonable price in 2 years. There is even less chance (yes, less than zero) that they will have 5G that is just now beginning to roll out. Without that level of service they would lose the capabilities to watch what they want when they want and not be spoon fed the limited information that would be available to users of highly limited internet services. Campers who enjoy time away from the big cities would be completely out of luck as no service would be available at all if timmac's fantasy were to come to fruition.
We will all still be here doing what we are doing, much the same as we are doing it today.......2 years from now.
I am amused by the folks that say DTV satellite TV is dead and then post that DISH will be the only satellite TV service left. Kind of silly to think one will have plenty of subscribers but the other is dead in the water.
Rural cellular internet has ZERO chance of having unlimited 4G service at a reasonable price in 2 years. There is even less chance (yes, less than zero) that they will have 5G that is just now beginning to roll out. Without that level of service they would lose the capabilities to watch what they want when they want and not be spoon fed the limited information that would be available to users of highly limited internet services. Campers who enjoy time away from the big cities would be completely out of luck as no service would be available at all if timmac's fantasy were to come to fruition.
We will all still be here doing what we are doing, much the same as we are doing it today.......2 years from now.
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