Comments on: Internet, Satellite dishes, and Trees

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:56:37 +0000

I need help. I have a King Dome in-motion satellite on my RV.
I currently have Dish network and get TV fine.
I want to find a service that I can use to get Internet and TV for home and use the same service via my King Dome.
I am willing to change TV services, but I don’t want to put a lot of money into changing equipment right now. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

By: talapus pete

talapus pete — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:51:02 +0000

Speaking for myself, obviously, the idea of camping is to be out-of-touch with civilization-as-they-say-it-is. It’s a form of meditation and prayer for me to be out in the woods or in the desert. For whatever personal reasons, I can’t keep grounded—or “centered” or whatever term—with jive coming in from the tv, the web, the newspapers, radio. I guess it’s like the question “Am I a physical person who has spiritual experiences or am I a spiritual person who has physical experiences?”

I like to talk to the trees and creeks and rocks and birds and then listen to what they have to say to me.

By: Carol Colbert

Carol Colbert — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:23:27 +0000

I use the Sprint data card. Having my own Internet business I only go where there is good coverage. If the area doesn’t have good coverage then I will have to come back and visit after I retire.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:14:20 +0000

Um…I see your desire to be online while camping, but I find that it defeats the purpose of the outdoors. I actually blogged about it yesterday http://familycampman.com/?p=30 . Check it out if you have a minute.

By: Chris Guld

Chris Guld — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:54:01 +0000

Bob,

I share your attitude for one, or possibly two nights. And, that’s exactly why I have a LOVE/hate relationship – the forest is beautiful (see my blog post at http://geeksontour.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-hampshire.html). It’s just that, being a fulltimer with a web-based business, I really can’t afford to be offline more than a day or two.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:17:41 +0000

I just have a mind set that if TV/internet doesnt come in then I just enjoy the trees and if I need a TV show I plug in a good movie for the night and call it a night. Camping is my main goal in my travels. The great outdoors.

By: Chris Guld

Chris Guld — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:04:21 +0000

Patsy and Woody,
Yes, trees are definitely an argument in favor of the tripod type of satellite dish. I’m glad you found what works for you!

By: Chris Guld

Chris Guld — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:59:57 +0000

Ian,
Wow – Fairbanks, AK and still getting satellite internet. Cool! Do you have the bigger (1.2 meter) dish? According to the satellite footprint for 127 (http://www.motosat.com/internet_service/is_satsdwaymob.asp) you need the bigger dish to get signal in Alaska.

By: Ian McKee

Ian McKee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:06:48 +0000

We are currently in Fairbanks, Alaska and have good internet reception with our Datastorm. In fact, there have only been a few places up here that have been troublesome; we moved toSat 127 when we came here. WiFi has generally been satisfactory although we generally didn’t need it.

By: Woodstick, (Patsy and Woody)

Woodstick, (Patsy and Woody) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:49:51 +0000

Yep trees can be a bummer, that is why we opted for a portable dish, have always been able to find a hole, we have mega length of cable, right now we have the cable hung out many feet from our fifth, we keep moving it around until we find a good spot. A bit more time consuming to set up but with some experiece no problem at all. Love our Hughes portable dish.