VuQube satellite questions

[redmouse]

We are going to be leaving on our first snowbird trip and have purchased a VuQube for our fifth wheel. We had been told that we could use our existing Dish TV account and just add a receiver. I have been trying to find someone at Dish who could help and they don't seem to know much about this except they tell me that we have to set up a whole new account and purchase a receiver. I had planned on purchasing the receiving to keep in the fifth wheel but didn't really want to be paying two Dish bills while we traveled. Does anyone out there have any experience with VuQube and how did you hook it up to satellite? Any other suggestions? I sounded so easy when they told us about it. Does anyone have a satellite that gives them cable TV and internet service? I really need reliable internet service while traveling as well and from what I read the parks don't have internet that always works. Thanks for your help.

[mo21012]

We have a 'dome' on our coach, but carry a spare dish just in case the dome doesn't get a clear view of the southern sky and we need the flexibility to place the dish where we can get a signal.

Since we are only 'sometimers' we just pull one of the boxes out of the house and take it with us when we go out. I don't actually do the set up part, but it looks fairly simple when my husband does it, plugs the box in just like he does in the house. (this is to the wiring for the dome ) It is a little more complicated when he has to use the dish because he's got to get the dish aligned (with a compass and another little inline thingy that makes a high pitched noise when the satellite signal is right).

You should be able to purchase an additional receiver and just add it to your existing account. As for getting it set up, I would think that VueCube can should be able to help you with that or Camping World if you purchased it through them.

We use an air card for internet. At this point the equipment and/or monthly cost for a satellite internet set up is way more than we want to spend.

[utmtman]

VuCube only works for tv not internet from all that I have heard and red. Reason is the requirement for a sending unit in order to send and recieve and you would need a seperate modem and internet service as well. As for the vucube for your tv just hook it up as you would your dish at home and set it to view the southern skys and it should pick it up for you. Dish is never any help for rvers, I use direct because they will help.

[lindah]

We had been told that we could use our existing Dish TV account and just add a receiver. I have been trying to find someone at Dish who could help and they don't seem to know much about this except they tell me that we have to set up a whole new account and purchase a receiver.
Unfortunately, most people at both Dish Network and DirecTV that you'll talk with in their customer service division don't even know what an RV is let alone anything about how to add it to an RV!

First, if you have an extra receiver at home, why not just take that with you when you travel? Or, if you want to buy one to always keep in an RV, just go ahead and buy one and call Dish Network to get it activated...they do NOT need to be told WHERE the receiver is located. If they ask, just say the bedroom (see my previous remark about them not knowing what an RV is).
Does anyone have a satellite that gives them cable TV and internet service?
There is no such animal.

If you have a HughesNet satellite Internet system (either a tripod-mounted system or the automatic Datastorm), depending on the satellite to which you are assigned, you can add a TV LNB (called a Bird on a Wire, or BoW) which will allow you to pick up non-HD programming. However, you'll still be paying for 2 services: one to the satellite TV company and one to HughesNet.

While it is possible to get satellite Internet through Dish Network, http://www.dishnetwork.com/internet/, it is service either through a telephone company or through WildBlue satellite Internet, which is spot beamed. Neither is suitable for mobile use.

[akmshrm]

We have "bubble" on our roof for the tv but we use a Verizon Wireless Broadband card for internet. We get service darn near everywhere and love it. The tv is great cause we just pull in and turn it on and wait for it to come online. We could be watching as we drive down the road but only do that when the grand kids are with us.

The Verizon card is awesome, we have DSL down here in Yuma only because we have a land line down here too.

Hope this helps.....:)