4g satellite

[Jewellbags]

Not that I am considering one really but is the only difference here is to use a special sat dish and a 4g lte router ? Is anything else required because I couldn’t see much on Amazon ?

any users out there ?

 

[elamessa]

Jewellbags Sorry your question does not make sense.

If you want to receive a signal via satellite then you will need a satellite dish and a decoder for the signal. This is basically for receiving tv signals but some can receive Internet or both which can be expensive.
If you want to receive a signal via the mobile networks you will need a mobile phone which you can use as a hotspot or a mifi device such as an Huawei or tplink or netgear etc to which you can tether your devices this is a lot cheaper.

 

[Jewellbags]

Sorry realise my wording was clumsy - I just saw an article about a guy that works from home and uses a satellite 4g system and I was intrigued to know what was required over and above my existing mifi HUAWEI unit .

 

[kevenh]

Satellite and 4G don’t go together.
Mobile cellular signals are ground based - sent from masts.

If you share the article maybe we’ll see the source of the confusion.

Stating just with 4G/3G, some Mifi can have external antenna added.

 

[SandraL]

Starlink

High-speed internet. Available almost anywhere on Earth.

www.starlink.com

Perhaps he is using starlink. Broadband via satellite. I think it is being trialled in uk at present.

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[kevenh]

Starlink

High-speed internet. Available almost anywhere on Earth.

www.starlink.com

Perhaps he is using starlink. Broadband via satellite. I think it is being trialled in uk at present.

That could well be where satellites come into it. I wondered about that but kept my answer simpler….

 

[Speve]

Sandra beat me to it
Satellite broadband.

Starlink Is Already Getting Close to Wired Broadband Speeds

According to the latest data from Ookla Speedtest, Starlink has seen substantial speed improvements that put it close to wired broadband. It's even managed this while increasing subscriber counts by more than 25 percent.

www.extremetech.com

 

[Jewellbags]

This was the article

'I run my business from my pimped-up camper van'

Liam Chester was burnt out with work so he converted a camper van to take his office into nature.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[pappajohn]

If I remember correctly old-mo had satellite broadband on his RV.
Very expensive as I recall.

 

[pappajohn]

If you Google satellite 4G broadband there are quite a few companies offering the service, many cheaper than traditional phone line based.
The equipment is going to be the costly part.

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[kevenh]

This was the article

'I run my business from my pimped-up camper van'

Liam Chester was burnt out with work so he converted a camper van to take his office into nature.

www.bbc.co.uk

thanks, that was helpful

If I remember correctly old-mo had satellite broadband on his RV.
Very expensive as I recall.

Unless the article was just sloppy, the PVC owner may have satellite broadband but that'll be expensive.
Only for someone who can expense the hardware and subs (or just rich )

 

[Googlebot]

From my experience with it, you need stabilising legs as when you move around it makes the dish wobble and lose the satellite lock.

It’s a very expensive bit of kit to buy as well.

At work we have gone to using 4G with the satellite as a backup system.

I wouldn’t bother for home use.

 

[pappajohn]

I think he has nothing more than a 4G antenna on the roof giving him a slightly better signal than a mobile phone or MiFi might. A pity there's no external shots of the roof.

 

[Norfolk Nige]

I think he has nothing more than a 4G antenna on the roof giving him a slightly better signal than a mobile phone or MiFi might. A pity there's no external shots of the roof.

It is just WiFi with a roof antenna. It was described as something more exotic

The van has a wifi system, which involves a router being cabled to an antenna on the van's roof that links up to satellites. It allows them to pick up 4G data signal in more places and is more reliable than a mobile phone so they can travel to remote countryside.

 

[John Barrett]

This is an interesting and informative article. Looks good!

Starlink internet coverage, cost, speeds and the latest news — what you need to know

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service is seeing rapid speed gains and increased adoption

www.tomsguide.com

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[Deneb]

1. Wi-fi router linked to mobile telephone network, similar to Motorhome Wi-fi offerings
2. Journalist who hasn't got a clue what they are writing about.
3. Neither are particularly unusual!

 

[Off da Grid]

Some systems download off of the satellite signal as it can be faster and upload on the 4g network.
some systems can do this with the phone line

 

[pappajohn]

Some systems download off of the satellite signal as it can be faster and upload on the 4g network.
some systems can do this with the phone line

But to download off a satellite you need a dish surely