stheuer said:
Thank you for the info - I have sent Ron's an email. I would be interested in a roof mount, automatic system. Do you know anything about those systems? Re games, don't play them, the satellite phone is interesting, primarily as a last-ditch backup to cellular when there is no coverage. What do you mean by Fair Access Policy? Do you mean that they limit bandwidth? We have a home business we are considering 'taking on the road' and could not deal with those types of issues.
Well, Ron is the installer so he's the man to ask most of those questions. I see Ned and Karl have addressed most of the questions you raised.
Roof mounts: Ron does those as well as Tripods. I really suggest a Tripod as that way you can park the rig under a tree and park the tripod not-under the tree. I have a roof mount TV dish and I'm getting a seperate dish I'll put on a Tripod next week (The seller, I'm buying used, is closer to my house than I am just now)
This does not mean you can not also get a roof mount. Ron does both types, Roof mounts can be auto (push a button and it locks on) or manual (Ron can demonstrate a manual) And they can be painted so they look fancy (Ron can demonstarte, his is)
FAP, I have the basic plan (Ned or Karl described) and I like to listen to streaming audio (Live-365 subscriber, subscribers are not bothered by the pop-up-spyware-ads that non-subscribers have to put up with)
I will listen to 56K audio streams all day and never once wear out my welcome on Hughes net
Streaming VIDEO, I'm told, Will wear out your welcome (Hit the Fair Access Policy Wall) very fast
FAP is kind of like a water tower,, There is a 56K pump filling the tower, and the tower holds some arbartary amount of water, As you haul down data, it's trasported by the "Water" in the tower, when the tower is empty you can not draw down data any faster than the pump pumps, But so long as there is water in the tower 1Mbps is not impossable if you are strong enough, (Most of my data speed tests are in the 79x down range, with 125-150 up, that is Kbps by the way)