way2roll wrote:
Questions - your ATT Mobley - is that a plan or a device? Would this be the same as an ATT hostpot on my existing unlimited plan?
The AT&T Mobley was a mobile auto hotspot that is no longer offered. It sounds like your hotspot is similar.
way2roll wrote:
The hughesnet - I am assuming this requires some sort of a dome or dish, the former being self orienting and the latter being a manually positioned dish? Either seems like a costly investment. We only plan on full timing or 6 mos to a year, so I'd rather keep costs down. If I were to sell the house and FT forever, I can see where the cost is justified. I had Hughesnet years ago for Sat internet when we lived in a remote area. Latency was horrible. I ended up with a VZ hotspot and although signal was weak, it was bounds better than the HN. This was years ago and I am told things are much better now. A friend of mine is an engineer at HN, tells me things are night and day different than my old setup. I think the biggest issue with SAT is cost. But it also provides coverage where nothing else works. Would it be smarter to forego a hotspot altogether and just rely on SAT 100% or is there a line of sight issue that can make it unusable? Looks like their packages are pricey.
HughesNet Gen 5 is really a full timer (12 months a year) option. A portable HughesNet Gen 5 system will set you back about $1500 and a
HughesNet Gen 5 automatic rooftop system can cost over $6000. However, in your case I recommend just picking up a Verizon hotspot like
Visible.
The current HughesNet Gen 5 is much better than the HughesNet of years ago. While I've seldom seen the 25 Mbps download speeds advertised by HughesNet, I did find consistently good speeds. Here's
my latest HughesNet Gen 5 evaluation.
way2roll wrote:
Are you advising against a booster altogether?
I've found them pretty worthless, but YMMV.
