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Satellite Internet

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My CC Allure is still in construction and we take possession in May.
I am considering installing a satellite internet system. Has anyone had any experience withh these? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Phil and Bev

Re: Satellite Internet

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Yahoo Message Number: 3985
I am about to add a Datastorm satellite to my Magna.
At this moment there are no other mobile systems available.

Some of the things I have found out about this system are: - It only works when you stop the MH (with clear view of southern skies).
- It takes about 5 minutes to point the satellite and get it functioning.
- Subscriber cost (ISP) is around $100/month.
- Download speed is around 400Kbps, upload much less (maybe 30-80Kbps).
- The system appears to be susceptible to radar interference (this includes car radar detectors). If one of your co-campers leaves his system on, you'll have to hunt him down and ask him to turn it off.
Haven't figured out why a MH owner needs a radar detector :-) - Hughes Network Systems (HSN) is the provider of the satellite service to the internet. They have some optimized scheme when you do normal browsing.

- If you are a professional roving worker and need a VPN, it wil work but at much lower performance (the browser optimized scheme doesn't work for your VPN traffic). Hughes hasn't come to grips that the internet isn't just about browsing only...
- You'll have a lot more latency, as the request/response has to travel the 22,500 miles 4 times.

- You can do internet telephone over this system, but the round trip latency is likely in the order of multiple seconds. Difficult for a very interactive conversation. Compare it with CNN/FoxNews when they do satellite stories from Afghanistan, you need to wait multiple seconds before the remote person's voice starts.
- There are a few ISP options, Optistream and Ground Control. The latter seems to be the only one offering 24/7 support. Both charge the same monthly service fee.

- The way Datastorm has begun, it looks like they accepted installers that were willing to pre-purchase a number of systems. Be careful to get a good installer. I am probably going with one referenced by Ground Control (San Luis Obispo, CA), thus I'll have good initial support.

- Computer needs are a relatively fast/new Windows system. It needs a serial port for the Datastorm controller, and a USB port to connect to the Hughes transceiver (modem).

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Phil & Bev,

Check out www.tvtogo.com and look at the Moto-sat system. That website is for Cal Thorn, owner of Advanced Sat. He lives in Junction City and can have that installed before you pick it up.
From what he has told me, Moto-Sat has the deal locked up for a year plus. What separates this system from others is how fast it is and it is much cheaper per month.

Damon

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Satellite Internet

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Just wanted to endorse Bill Adams as a dealer for Motosat's satellite internet. We have had our system since April 2003, and we probably could not full-time without it! It has worked great from Florida to Glacier National Park, and from San Diego or Del Rio TX to Michigan. The system hardware and software have matured (we could NOT have lived through the first year without Bill and Janet) and the entire system is now quite reliable. With the wireless local area network Bill led us through installing, my wife is very content sitting outside, or anywhere she pleases, surfing while I do whatever I do online. I think it very important that new users, especially those of us who are not computer geeks, have technical support - ongoing technical support - and in that aspect Bill excells.