Simplest, most rugged sat. mobile internet system?

I'm new to the concept of satellite internet. What I want to so is have
a system that several RVer's can share. I would like to put a dish on a
trailer and put a pc inside the trailer, something that can be towed
anywhere in the US and lower Canada, and used behind several RVs.

But some of the RVer's aren't very technically oriented. I need advice
to know what the best satellite and ISP would be particularly based on
the ease of use and durability.
Also, is the idea of a dish on little trailer a practical idea?

I'm not sure if I'm even in the right group?

Sam wrote:
> I'm new to the concept of satellite internet. What I want to so is have
> a system that several RVer's can share. I would like to put a dish on a
> trailer and put a pc inside the trailer, something that can be towed
> anywhere in the US and lower Canada, and used behind several RVs.
>
> But some of the RVer's aren't very technically oriented. I need advice
> to know what the best satellite and ISP would be particularly based on
> the ease of use and durability.
> Also, is the idea of a dish on little trailer a practical idea?
>

Try www.satelliteguys.us

Sam wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm even in the right group?

Check the group rec.outdoors.rv-travel and ask there. A bunch of people
already have mobile internet sat on their RV's.

Thanks. Will do.

Thx. It looks like a good site.

Sam <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm new to the concept of satellite internet. What I want to so is have
> a system that several RVer's can share. I would like to put a dish on a
> trailer and put a pc inside the trailer, something that can be towed
> anywhere in the US and lower Canada, and used behind several RVs.

DirecWay offers a satellite WISP in a box for campgrounds.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U609542B6
< http://www.direcway.com/default.asp?...troduction.htm >

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>DirecWay offers a satellite WISP in a box for campgrounds.
>http://makeashorterlink.com/?U609542B6
>< http://www.direcway.com/default.asp?...troduction.htm >

Is anyone else getting "The Webpage That You Seek Cannot Be
Retrieved"?

Also at www.wifiaccess.hns.com

William wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>DirecWay offers a satellite WISP in a box for campgrounds.
>>http://makeashorterlink.com/?U609542B6

> Is anyone else getting "The Webpage That You Seek Cannot Be
> Retrieved"?

Darn. That used to work.

> Also at www.wifiaccess.hns.com

That one looks okay today.
"DIRECWAY Wi-Fi Access is a simple, turnkey way to provide customers with
high-speed Internet access. "



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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

On 13 Jan 2005 18:24:06 -0800, "Sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm new to the concept of satellite internet. What I want to so is have
>a system that several RVer's can share. I would like to put a dish on a
>trailer and put a pc inside the trailer, something that can be towed
>anywhere in the US and lower Canada, and used behind several RVs.

Won't work. Two problems.

1. DirectWay dishes are installed by professional installers. The
reason is that this is not just a pizza dish receiver. It's a
transmitter. Point it at the wrong satellite (bird) and you'll knock
some other service off the air. That's exactly what happened when
Gilat (Starband) first appeared and did a few customer self-installs.
Installs were halted until the existing installation were corrected.

2. DirectWay and Starband are muttering about going to spot beams.
That means the same codes and signals will be re-used in different
geographic areas. There's no guarantee that your code will be
available in a different part of the country. In other words, moving
around may not be a great idea.

>But some of the RVer's aren't very technically oriented. I need advice
>to know what the best satellite and ISP would be particularly based on
>the ease of use and durability.

I'm not a big fan of satellite due to the large latency (800msec)
typical, restricted download capacity, and restricted upload speed.
However, if that's all you can get, it's still far better than dialup.

>Also, is the idea of a dish on little trailer a practical idea?

No. The birds are spaced 3 degrees apart. You need about 1 degree of
positional accuracy to maintain a decent signal. Anything that moves,
shakes, rattles, or drifts, is not going to work. Think big steel
pipe imbedded in concrete or attacked to a solid rooftop. There are
pizza dish *RECEIVERS* that track the satellites for RV's and boats.
However, these are for receivers, not for transmitters. To the best
of my knowledge, tracking antennas cannot be used with Directway (you
might call their support line and double check).


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