Satellite TV and internet connection

[southtexas]

Is there a service out there that gives you satellite tv and wifi using the same box/cube/whatever you name it?

[Redsky]

Directtv provides both services with one dish and multiple transponders. The satellite approach is the worst possible one as there is an inevitable delay in the signal as it goes from your location to the satellite and down to the NOC building where it connects via cable to the backbone for the internet and then the response from the web server goes back to the NOC and then to the satellite and then to you location. The resulting latency is most apparent with web browsing and downloading a page that will have many "frames" of content. The advertised download speeds only apply to downloading a single large file and upload speed will be 10% of the download speed.

[Bill_Satellite]

Nope, not a big market. The signing bass and chia pet WAS a huge market as evidenced by the millions of sales. However, anyone living anywhere could own one of those. That's not the case with the RV market. Most are part time and already have one of these service in their home. Very few would have none of these already and travel enough to have a need for a combo setup. That leaves only full timers and then only full timers who actually move on a weekly or monthly basis. That tiny silver will never get any money flowing into the kind of wireless networks that would be required to meet the need.

[southtexas]

Not a big market, think of the singing bass, and chia pet. Financial incentive starts higher than those.

ATT does U verse, the hook would be to tie one into a plan like the phone companies do already

[Bill_Satellite]

southtexas wrote:
Since Verizon and others can bundle tv and internet at home, I suspect they will figure out there is a market for both for people in RV's.
If they don't somebody will. I thought by now some vendor would have picked up on this market, even if its small its a market.

Cable does not move! It's easy in a home. It will never be that easy in an RV. Even if you could, there is not enough of a financial incentive for someone to figure out a new technology and implement if for the small group of folks would take advantage of it.

[southtexas]

Since Verizon and others can bundle tv and internet at home, I suspect they will figure out there is a market for both for people in RV's.
If they don't somebody will. I thought by now some vendor would have picked up on this market, even if its small its a market.

[SCR]

docj wrote:

SCR wrote:
Not that I know of. That would be to easy

No, it's not easy since satellite TV and satellite internet have virtually nothing in common other than the fact that they both use satellites.

Satellite TV is a one-way communication system, from ground station to satellite to your TV. Satellite internet involves a two-way communication link which includes a transmitter in your antenna to talk back to the satellite.

So there is no reason for the two services to be bundled; the providers are different and the equipment needed is very different.

You missed the point... It would be to easy if they had the services combined rather then using two or three different providers.

I'm well aware of the workings of communication systems.

[docj]

SCR wrote:
Not that I know of. That would be to easy

No, it's not easy since satellite TV and satellite internet have virtually nothing in common other than the fact that they both use satellites.

Satellite TV is a one-way communication system, from ground station to satellite to your TV. Satellite internet involves a two-way communication link which includes a transmitter in your antenna to talk back to the satellite.

So there is no reason for the two services to be bundled; the providers are different and the equipment needed is very different.

[Bill_Satellite]

Assuming you mean a mobile service and not a home based FIOS type service then no, there is no such service.

[Tom_N]

Yes, cable TV.

FiOS is enabling Internet speeds up to 500/100 Mbps. 485+ TV channels with mobile capabilities.

FIOS

[donn0128]

No.
They use different satellites.

[SCR]

Not that I know of. That would be to easy