DosMars
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Satelite Internet Rental?
Thinking of a trip around the Christmas-New Year break. The kids and I have the time off, but my wife has some things she has to get done by the end
of the month. Pretty sure she could do it if she had Satalite hookup on the beach.
Does anyone know if it's possible to rent the hardware and get a one week subscription to a satellite service? We'll be well off-grid, interested in
where the technology is at these days...?
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StuckSucks
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We have rented sat phones from Satmodo in San Diego many times -- very helpful, friendly folks. I would reach out to them re data.
What I have found in the past: satellite-based data is both very expensive and very slow, but that is several years old information.
Their contact info:
2140 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 238-0205
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pacificobob
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A friend of mine who does day trading was beach camping a couple years ago with a small dish and seemed to have the required data service
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DosMars
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Quote: Originally posted by pacificobob  | | A friend of mine who does day trading was beach camping a couple years ago with a small dish and seemed to have the required data service
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That's where I got the idea. A guy on another forum posted a pic of himself down south in the middle of a 'meeting'. I was impressed...
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larryC
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It can be done but you have to in the right circumstance. I install internet service here in BoLA and have a friend/neighbor down here that that
spends the summers over on the beach on the west coast during the summers. He already has a Viasat account so I set him up with a spare dish and tria
and taught him how to aim the dish so now he just takes his modem to the west coast when he goes and has internet on the beach.
I don't think this would work for you. too expensive, but it is possible.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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Bob and Susan
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i thought they sold RV internet systems....aim and use anywhere
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DawnPatrol
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Mike the owner of Satmodo in San Diego
They are the best I have dealt with them many times
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StuckSucks
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There's a discussion on RDC about this exact topic, good information here: Internet and other non-radio Communications in the Desert
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John M
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Satmodo
We also use Satmodo - Mike got us a pretty darned good deal on a used sat phone for purchase. It's an older model and works great. We have a monthly
fee plan and couldn't be happier with the company's service.
Don't know about data...but it's their integrity that we are impressed with.
John M
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