Satellite for Internet AND Television?

RavensFan24 wrote:
Is there a single dish or satellite unit that will let you get internet and TV through the same dish? I have a mobile hotpost through Verizon on my cell, but I work online full time and would lie to have more assurance that I'll have a signal for internet. All I ever see is dishes for TV for the RV.

any 2 in 1 units out there or other good internet solutions? Honestly, I'd prefer to have a better internet option than to even worry about TV, but since I'm already a DirecTV customer a 2 for 1 dish would be awesome.

Side note: Why doesn't DirecTV offer internet service?

Despite other answers you have received, the answer to your question is YES, there is one antenna capable of receiving both satellite internet and satellite TV. The problem is that the internet service is so slow that most folks compare it to dial up. It's not, but it is slow with average upload speeds around 100K (yes, .01MB) and download speeds around 1MB. This is the old Hughesnet HN7000S service but that and Starband are the only 2 mobile internet services currently available. The internet does work ANYWHERE in the US and Canada and usually Mexico as well as long as you have a clear view of the Southern sky (trees are the enemy!).
You can expect to pay around $80/month for this service and you are limited to downloading about 450MB per day (forget around streaming movies or much of anything else). However, it does work. It just depends upon how badly you need the connection.
The same dish used for the reception of the internet signal can be used to receive Dish Network SD programing or DirecTV in SD or HD.

With a separate single lnb attached to the head of my MotoSat dish I can get Direct TV. It takes a while to make the set up, then works with out any other adjustment. To do this, the MotoSat dish has to point to certain Hughes net satellites. The lnb feed goes to the Direct TV receiver, then TV.

I kind of figured that was the case. When we were on the road for 3 months back in 07, I used an express card in my laptop and used Verizon Broadband. It was slow in some spots, but I had internet service even 80 miles north of Yellowstone. Even though Verizon service has improved since 2008, I still find that old set up worked better. I also had unlimited data, so I had no worries. May be I'll have to look into a Mi-Fi unit or something from VZW.

Bobbo wrote:
You will probably have to have 2 antennas pointing at 2 separate satellites.

That is my understanding. The TV sats do not carry internet, and vice versa.

I checked into Dish internet. Bunch of hype. Same price as ATT or Verizon and Dish has to set up the unit. FCC still controls transmitter setups and locations so seems internet dish can't be moved except by lic installer. I think ATT & Verizon have it right with towers. I had Starband years ago. Slow system. Being rural I had a line of site dish to local internet provider couple of years ago. Slow and crowded. Hard to beat ATT and Verizon in rural area for internet.

Here's a good RV site to read through. These folks started out with a satellite internet service but have since changed to cell based and WiFi services.

http://www.rv-dreams.com/internet-on-the-road.html

My recommendation is to contact the companies that offer satellite internet and ask if they can provide TV service too. My guess is that the answer will probably be "no." You will probably have to have 2 antennas pointing at 2 separate satellites.

Hughes net I think is through Directv

That would be nice, but I'm not aware of any such animal.