sfmacaws
Oct 15, 2006, 8:53 PM
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Re: [speedoo] Long range phone and dsl
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Easiest is to buy a portable setup in the US and subscribe in the US - you need a US address. Hughes can't sell to you in another country. I pay about $60 a month for unlimited. It's important that you get assigned to a satellite with a footprint for your area, SatMex5 at 117* covers all of Mexico and parts of Central America, other sats cover northern Mexico. They are coming online soon with SatMex6 which will cover most of Mexico, it remains to be seen how well it does in southern MX. For more information start reading this forum which is for satellite internet for RVers, the info is the same though and a lot of RVers are looking for a connection in Mexico, particularly on the west coast. http://www.datastormusers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
Another forum that is good for learning about sat internet is http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sat
This initial equipment charge is generally around $1500, you can get it for less but without support. I think that having a dealer that will answer your questions and give you a good manual for setting it up is worth a bit more. I recommend Scott at http://www.dustyfoot.com/ but there are other good dealers (and some really bad ones) and you will figure out who is good by reading the above forums.
We've used ours all over Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. I think you said you are on the west coast near PV? We had ours set up in PV and for months on the beach in Perula south of PV. We are on SatMex5.
Hope this gives you some more options.
Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán
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