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...
Forum Discussion
Interenet:
Your choices are:
Park WI-Fi
Cellular
2-way Satellite TV other than Exceed (I will explain)
Park Wi-Fi and other free Wi-Fi spots (McDonalds for example) are good but only if the park offers it or you do not mind driving to a McD's. Plus often the park is not fully covered.. I'm using park Wi-Fi just now but I do have a slightly modified Wi-Fi device to pick it up (I made the antenna directional, a good 20 DB gain, gives me more range) as this is a "Family Center only" park. I also choose my parking to take advantage of the boosted antenna.
Cellullar can be expensive and/or bandwidth limited, when I use cellulalr I have a six Gig limit (Well 6.5) but .. It works great most places I park (not here) Here I have very slow speeds... Coverage and speeds vary Verizon generally has the best coverage.. I'm with T-mobile cause Well I have dealt with Verizion's "Award Winning Customer Service" dept a few times.. Cuss-Some-More is what I call it. But that's me. others say good things.
2-Way Sat: Speed is slow (low end of DSL) there is a 1/2 second lag time and again you are bandwidth limited Hughes I think still sells the kind of service we need..
Exceed uses the old WildBlue Hardware.. The sats are spot beamed so you need to do a lot of work to move from one part of the country to another. This makes it very impractical for RVers.
Your choices are:
Park WI-Fi
Cellular
2-way Satellite TV other than Exceed (I will explain)
Park Wi-Fi and other free Wi-Fi spots (McDonalds for example) are good but only if the park offers it or you do not mind driving to a McD's. Plus often the park is not fully covered.. I'm using park Wi-Fi just now but I do have a slightly modified Wi-Fi device to pick it up (I made the antenna directional, a good 20 DB gain, gives me more range) as this is a "Family Center only" park. I also choose my parking to take advantage of the boosted antenna.
Cellullar can be expensive and/or bandwidth limited, when I use cellulalr I have a six Gig limit (Well 6.5) but .. It works great most places I park (not here) Here I have very slow speeds... Coverage and speeds vary Verizon generally has the best coverage.. I'm with T-mobile cause Well I have dealt with Verizion's "Award Winning Customer Service" dept a few times.. Cuss-Some-More is what I call it. But that's me. others say good things.
2-Way Sat: Speed is slow (low end of DSL) there is a 1/2 second lag time and again you are bandwidth limited Hughes I think still sells the kind of service we need..
Exceed uses the old WildBlue Hardware.. The sats are spot beamed so you need to do a lot of work to move from one part of the country to another. This makes it very impractical for RVers.
