I've used OptiStreams (optistreams.com) satellite on an application similliar to yours. We have a mobile dish mounted onto a horse trailer and we pull it up to fire halls to provide training classes over the net to classes with up to 15 laptops.
We signed up for the lowest bandwidth plan and it meets our needs ($200/month I believe). The problems we've had are mostly hardware on the satellite going bad. We've had this system for less than 2 years and have had to replace the dish twice. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jo3 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Mobile Satellite Internet Are you one of those "Minuteman" vigilantes? Humphrey Cheung wrote: > Hello all, > > > > Anyone played around with mobile satellite internet before? I'm looking > to provide wifi access to a spot in the desert (specifically southeast > Arizona - by the border... literally right by the border). Satellite > internet to a news van, shoot it south with an 18db panel antenna, > receive on a parabolic and broadcast with a yagi (to people stationed > along the border, which is a straight road for several miles). > > > > Does this sound plausible? > > > > I do realize that upload bandwidth is gonna really suck, but I'm only > running webcams that update maybe once every 30 seconds. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Humphrey Cheung > > Editor - Tom's Guides Publishing LLC > > www.tomshardware.com > > 31225 La Baya Drive, Suite 107, > > Westlake Village, CA 91362 > > tel: 818.991.0282 extension 203 > > fax: 818.991.0285 > > AIM: hcheung5150 > > Skype: humphrey_cheung > > >
