Verizon has a 5gb per month bandwidth limit. It is at their discretion if they choose to enforce it or not. I've heard of people losing their service for running webcams with Verizon.

 

I wonder how much 5gb is? Anyway, it's good to know there is a limit. So far they haven't said anything to me.

So that VuQube is compatible with either Dish or Direct? Where does it get it's instructions for searching for the satelite? The receiver?

 

I didn't lose my service,but I did get a $1,400 bill for going over with Verizion....bastards

I now have Sprint and it is truly unlimited,I even asked them about watching live baseball on mlb.tv and they said no problem.

 

:shock: How does that work!? You get your regular bill every month and then suddlenly the bill is $1400!?

My bill is paid right off my card. They'd be taking the money before I knew what hit me! :x

 

I just found out, I'm at 7 million kb for the month, which is 7gb, I guess.

Help! Mike3fan, anybody, what do you figure they are going to stick me for!?!?

 

" It's too bad those Interstate kiosks in the TA don't sell it, they sell everything else."

They may sell stuff, but have -0 tech support! I called the main whse. in Tx. and could get no answers. Avoid at all costs!

Sorry about the rant but I'm still pi$$$$$ed.

 

That's alright, rant, I understand! :lol:

Great news! I'm grandfathered in with Verizon at unlimited usage!

Mike3fan, you'll be very pleased to hear, she almost apologetically said they've changed their policy when I mentioned that you had $1400 in overage charges. Or, maybe you won't. 8)

 

These units have a simple microprocessor inside with a GPS receiver which tells them where they are. Just a little interesting note is that it doesn't know which direction it's pointing like East West North or South. It really doesn't have to know but if it did it would immediately go to the right direction and angle in the sky. Given that it knows it's current position it knows that some where in the sky it must point at an angle of lets say 33.0047 degrees.

Now that it knows the angle it makes one turn of up to 360 degrees and locks on once it senses a signal.

Given this new GPS technology and greater accuracy has allowed many new inventions that can track a satellite while moving like a cruise ship or mobile news station. They way they do this without interruption is to grab as much data as they can while they have a good signal and delay what you are seeing for anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds. This allows them to re-sync the receiver when you go under a bridge or hit a bump or take a corner. This is just one more benefit with the advent of faster and faster microprocessors. Back in the old days you better not even breath or we'll loose the signal.

 

Translation into dummy-speak: it just knows.

I probably need to get back to the sub $600 antenna answers to the original question, though. Even I don't plan to watch TV going down the road. Some guys have what looks like PVC pipe with a dish on top. That might be more up my alley right now.

 

You can check with an RV place for installation- Camping World sells them and does installation. Some locations are big enough for a truck and trailer.

I would suggest the Camping World in Fort Meyers, Florida, off I 75 exit 139. That one is really easy to get in and out of and they do good work (disclaimer- we only went there once, but they did good work on what we asked them to do!).

Check into KVH- they forced the dome manufactuers to drop their prices. Domes used to be about $2,500 but the KVH came out at $2,500 and the dome prices dropped. KVH is a flat "dish." A lot smaller and sleeker and I've heard it holds the signal better.

I would NOT suggest going to the big bunk manufactures in Indiana- last I knew they were still charging top dollar to install a dome. It's worth checking into, though, just in case that's changed.