Mobile Sattelite internet/hotspot

[redneckbmxer24]

I know there's a lot of people here who travel where 5G/LTE isn't an option and I'm wondering what you use? I need something that will cover me and be as reliable as satellite can be in the lower 48, Canada, and AK. I don't need to be able to stream porn, but I need to be able to work for a few hours a day without a service that costs $5 a minute or something like that.

So what do you use?

Also any recommendations for a sat phone/plan?

Thanks.

 

[1moaoff]

My laptop has built in cellular. Really it's the easiest way. Verizon has best coverage in the US. I travel alot. When in plants I try to use the inhouse wifi but I don't like to.

Basically if you get a cell signal your good to go
Speed is not that bad really.

 

[1moaoff]

And cellular data on my laptop is much faster than on my phone!!

 

[6.5SH]

Take a look at https://www.starlink.com/ and see if it has coverage in the areas you travel.

It is "supposed" to be tied to a static location hence the "coverage area" comment right on the first page of the site. However if the dish has LoS to the satellites it can be moved currently.
Obviously some sort of access/authentication restriction to a particular orbit of satellites could happen in the future.

 

[eflyguy]

Not the experience being reported by friends of mine who live the permanent RV life.

I can't think of any technical reason they would restrict it, but that's what I've been told - as they were excited to sign up until they asked around. They're usually in one spot for weeks then move on. They reported people who weren't 100% mobile, and had it at home, had brought it with them and it didn't work.

The only thing I can think is that once it's fully deployed, they'll charge a premium and/or require different equipment for mobile users.

 

[1moaoff]

Take a look at https://www.starlink.com/ and see if it has coverage in the areas you travel.

It is "supposed" to be tied to a static location hence the "coverage area" comment right on the first page of the site. However if the dish has LoS to the satellites it can be moved currently.
Obviously some sort of access/authentication restriction to a particular orbit of satellites could happen in the future.

Actually i have considered that one of the companies I work with has started using it. Supposedly he gets a signal while flying also, and its not overly pricey. I enjoy having it built in instead of another device to carry and plug in. Waiting to see how that one goes for bit

 

[redneckbmxer24]

My laptop has built in cellular. Really it's the easiest way. Verizon has best coverage in the US. I travel alot. When in plants I try to use the inhouse wifi but I don't like to.

Basically if you get a cell signal your good to go
Speed is not that bad really.

Cell coverage does you zero good when off grid. My girlfriend has Verizon and we just spent a week in the Shenandoah Valley and she had zero service and I had spotty service with T mobile. I need satellite coverage that will work anywhere for what I’ll be doing.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Take a look at https://www.starlink.com/ and see if it has coverage in the areas you travel.

It is "supposed" to be tied to a static location hence the "coverage area" comment right on the first page of the site. However if the dish has LoS to the satellites it can be moved currently.
Obviously some sort of access/authentication restriction to a particular orbit of satellites could happen in the future.

I’ll look into this but I need something that will work in one location one day and somewhere else the next or even later that day. I need to be able to work very remotely all over.

RV’s have satellite TV domes that work anywhere so this has to be possible as that requires far more data to be sent.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

receiving from a satellite is one thing, but transmitting TO a satellite is a whole 'nother ballpark.

 

[eflyguy]

receiving from a satellite is one thing, but transmitting TO a satellite is a whole 'nother ballpark.

Around 10-14Mbps (for Starlink).

Not great for uploading virtual machines, but just fine for hosting video conferences. d/l is around 100.

My earlier comment wasn't meant to be anti-Starlink. I know many who switched and are very happy. Just pointing out, they require a fixed location and, at least based on some reports, are enforcing it.

 

[6.5SH]

Around 10-14Mbps (for Starlink).

Not great for uploading virtual machines, but just fine for hosting video conferences. d/l is around 100.

My earlier comment wasn't meant to be anti-Starlink. I know many who switched and are very happy. Just pointing out, they require a fixed location and, at least based on some reports, are enforcing it.

If enforced is new. Has to be a belt of satellites in visible orbit to work. The reason for limited availability in a given area is simply capacity.
If there aren't enough satellites for that area or limited pipe for the ground plant that services them they are limiting what they sell there.

 

[packratt]

You may not be able to get mobile satellite service. I had satellite internet for the house for several years. Installation of a dish capable of transmitting to a satellite required a licensed technician to ensure the dish was transmitting to the correct satellite.

Receive only, directv or dish network, you could install your own dish and it could be mobile.

 

[6.5SH]

Some recent Starlink news that is both good and bad:

SpaceX Update: "Standing Down" From Further Starlink Launches, New Mobile Receiver In The Works

SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell has now revealed that SpaceX has decided to hold off on additional launches until SpaceX is ready to deploy a new satellite design equipped with laser inter-connects. The Starlink rollout is going slower than some people have hoped - and Gwynne said that...

www.rvmobileinternet.com

 

[Jim Out]

Some recent Starlink news that is both good and bad:

SpaceX Update: "Standing Down" From Further Starlink Launches, New Mobile Receiver In The Works

SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell has now revealed that SpaceX has decided to hold off on additional launches until SpaceX is ready to deploy a new satellite design equipped with laser inter-connects. The Starlink rollout is going slower than some people have hoped - and Gwynne said that...

www.rvmobileinternet.com

According to the text ^^^^, we peasants should continue to shelter in place and eat cake for the forseeable future?

Enjoy your mobile tracking device and it's limitations for now, apparently?

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Just days after SpaceX launched its Starlink pilot program in Chile, the company's head alluded to 600,000 prospective users on its Starlink satellite internet, before the service has even been launched to the public. At the Space Warfighting Industry Forum last week, SpaceX COO and President...

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