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
wa8yxm wrote:Only partially true, OM. Depending on your location, you could be using the legacy Wildblue hardware (or Exede5 as it is now known) The newer Exede service (Exede12) uses a high capacity satellite and different transmit and receive equipment. Exede12 and Exede5 both use spot beams as you stated. Their parent company ViaSat does offer a mobile solution, but it is marketed to the commercial and broadcast markets, not to RV users. And as far as I know, Exede does NOT allow users to set up their own equipment as a RV owner would have to do every time they move. Stationary installs by qualified installers only.
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.
