SATELLITES DISHES AND INTERNET CONNECTION
We will be fulltime RV'ers by the end of this year and are looking into satellite dishes and internet connection for our 5th wheel. We know we won't need service for t.v. while on the move because we...
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Satellite internet service is not terribly expensive if you don't mind doing the setup work yourself. Service is available from Hughesnet and Starband. A tripod setup can be obtained used for a few hundred dollars and service cost $50 to $80/month. It's not nearly as fast as cellular service but it works in US, Canada and Mexico as long as you have a clear view of the S. sky.
Cellular service (and some fill in WiFi connections when they are free and available) is a very good choice as well (and what I use as a full-timer) as long as you think you will not spend too much time in the middle of nowhere.
TV is still best received via one of the satellite services as any new cellular connection will be limited and TV programming just eats up too much bandwidth to be affordable unless you only watch a couple of hours of TV per day and don't want to watch any movies, don't care about HD and don't need to watch the evening news.
If you do go with satellite TV then you will need an antenna to receive these signals and there are 2 styles. The dome antennas, either roof mounted or portable. The domes all have some sort of limitation but work very well. The other is a standard Dish or DirecTV antenna as you would see on a home. These antennas are available as fully automatic roof mounted units or they can be mounted on a tripod and manually pointed at each new location. These antennas have no limitations and allow you to use any receiver type, multiple receivers and HDTV from either provider.
So there's the short version. Let us know more about what you would like to do in your RV and we can get you some additional details.
Cellular service (and some fill in WiFi connections when they are free and available) is a very good choice as well (and what I use as a full-timer) as long as you think you will not spend too much time in the middle of nowhere.
TV is still best received via one of the satellite services as any new cellular connection will be limited and TV programming just eats up too much bandwidth to be affordable unless you only watch a couple of hours of TV per day and don't want to watch any movies, don't care about HD and don't need to watch the evening news.
If you do go with satellite TV then you will need an antenna to receive these signals and there are 2 styles. The dome antennas, either roof mounted or portable. The domes all have some sort of limitation but work very well. The other is a standard Dish or DirecTV antenna as you would see on a home. These antennas are available as fully automatic roof mounted units or they can be mounted on a tripod and manually pointed at each new location. These antennas have no limitations and allow you to use any receiver type, multiple receivers and HDTV from either provider.
So there's the short version. Let us know more about what you would like to do in your RV and we can get you some additional details.
