Satelite Internet

I am not aware of any satellite service for Internet that would work well for streaming video..... perhaps some even more expensive commercial services may be available. I suspect your only recourse would be to pre-record a bunch of videos and take them with you.

We have had a jetpack mobile internet device (cost us $99 to buy device) and then a monthly plan and got internet even in the middle of the forest, 24 miles from a medium size town - no cell service though. We now have a car connect mobile device from AT & T and have had internet everywhere we have been including AZ, NM and TX. Some area were real remote and large city was 70 miles away. No cell, but had internet. That is why we don't rely on our cell phone for internet but have a stand alone device. We have been too many areas with no cell service in our full-time travels the past 9 years. We changed service just because the current is cheaper per month. If there is a particular area you plan to be, check the data coverage maps(different than cell coverage) for the carriers and see who provides service. Sometimes is can be slow, but it's still there and usable.

Most people that full time in there RV have the internet issue and what I have come to understand as the best solution for across the country is this:

Two Mifi units (hotspots) with unlimited plans, one with Verizon and one with AT&T. Between the two carriers, there is decent coverage ALMOST everywhere. It's costly but unless you have an older cell phone plan that allows you to use your phone (as one of the a hotspots) without limiting your data, that's about the best way to have a fast enough connection to stream or surf, upload and download at reasonable speeds.

Check out Technomadia.com which is the best source for internet and mobile connectivity that I have found.

Expensive, but what you asked for.

Hughes Net

I agree with Gus about Technomadia, but be aware they get paid for reviewing products.

Hughes Gen 5 service ^^^^ is not portable...spot beamed so you can’t take it with you. They still support a mobile/ portable system BUT the speeds are slow so you can forget Netflix. 8 years ago I converted my Hughes internet dish to receive Direct HD TV because, like above, we have both cell providers and between them we usually have service.

doxiemom11 wrote:
We have had a jetpack mobile internet device (cost us $99 to buy device) and then a monthly plan and got internet even in the middle of the forest, 24 miles from a medium size town - no cell service though. We now have a car connect mobile device from AT & T and have had internet everywhere we have been including AZ, NM and TX. Some area were real remote and large city was 70 miles away. No cell, but had internet. That is why we don't rely on our cell phone for internet but have a stand alone device. We have been too many areas with no cell service in our full-time travels the past 9 years. We changed service just because the current is cheaper per month. If there is a particular area you plan to be, check the data coverage maps(different than cell coverage) for the carriers and see who provides service. Sometimes is can be slow, but it's still there and usable.

What service to you use with the jetpack with? Verison? But as you travel you have to change servers? So you have Verison and AT&T? Is that 2 subscriptions you pay at once then?
Thank you.:)

I travel with both AT&T (through a Mobley) and Verizon (using a Jetpack), both with unlimited data service (which, of course, is not really unlimited). Between the two, I have had data service in most parts of the country, but there are exceptions. A few off the top of my head are Big Bend National Park, Sunny Flat Campground, Coronado National Forest in AZ, & Cades Cove in the Great Smoky National Park, all with no internet or cell coverage.

You are always going to find places that don't have internet service, but they are getting fewer all the time. I think you will find satellite service fast enough to stream video more difficult & expensive than practical, at least until Musk's Space X service arrives (if ever).

CincyGus wrote:
Most people that full time in there RV have the internet issue and what I have come to understand as the best solution for across the country is this:

Two Mifi units (hotspots) with unlimited plans, one with Verizon and one with AT&T. Between the two carriers, there is decent coverage ALMOST everywhere. It's costly but unless you have an older cell phone plan that allows you to use your phone (as one of the a hotspots) without limiting your data, that's about the best way to have a fast enough connection to stream or surf, upload and download at reasonable speeds.

Check out Technomadia.com which is the best source for internet and mobile connectivity that I have found.

I agree on Verizon AND ATT. Our truck has onstar phone/wifi which uses ATT, our phones are Verizon. Where we go there are many spots where one or the other works but not both.

AND install a good cell phone booster system and a good outside antenna to go with it. We have the Weboost RV 4G system. While it won't guarantee phone service let alone fast internet, it will give you service in marginal places. But there are many places we still don't get any service. But then we often camp in remote locations in MT, ID, WA, OR, etc. If you camp near more populated areas better chance of getting service.

Go Elon and Starlink!

I hope he puts all the cable and phone companies out of business. But its gonna be a while. Few years at least I'd say.

CFerguson wrote:
Go Elon and Starlink!

I hope he puts all the cable and phone companies out of business. But its gonna be a while. Few years at least I'd say.

For the US, it's an arms race who can deploy faster, 5g / LTE-x or StarLink.