Dish Network Direct Tv How?

The dish, a receiver and a credit card..................

I have a used Sony non-HD receiver I'll just about give you, then you will need to run coax from the dish to the receiver, and call Direct TV for programming.

PM me if you are interested.
 
I have DishNet and took one of the receivers from my house and installed it on the bulkhead just forward of the TV location. I used a wall mount speaker mount and some marine-tex to mount the satellite receiver. I rewired the original antenna/phone jack on the bulkhead with a home type wall jack and plugs from Home Depot. I am able to use my satellite dish mounted on the dock with a tripod or the antenna on the radar arch for local reception (even though it is not good). I can provide pictures of the set up along with a schematic if you would like. Simple week end project. Now when I go to the dock I set up the tripod, connect a coax cable from the boat antenna jack on the after deck to the LNF-B that is attached to the dish antenna and point the dish at the satellite. I have set bench marks on the dock an tripod for ease of installation. Turn on the satellite receiver and TV and voila, excellent reception on 280 channels. Once installed the reconnect to TV on time is 5 minutes.

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Frank, I have direct tv, its great for the kids and news at nite. Question.

Is there a modification or accessory that will allow wifi internet via satelite? as like in a home. the direct tv people do not differentiate where the service is. From what I understand it can be done, but how.
 
With Direct TV it is a very expensive process. First you must buy a separate and different satellite dish and receiver from their TV satellite system. The cost 3-4 years ago was about $650 and could only be installed by a DirectTV installer. THen you have a separate monthly charge of about $65. Once you get the signal you can use a router to do whatever you want with wireless.

My recollection comes from 3-4 years ago when I was having trouble getting decent Cable service in Tennessee and looked into cutting the cable company out of my life. I'm not sure I would have paid the cost and suffered the service differential....... receiving was cable fast, but sending was about 2X the speed of dial-up. Thankfully, a merger and a new manager at the cable outfit solved the problem.
 
fwebster said:
With Direct TV it is a very expensive process. First you must buy a separate and different satellite dish and receiver from their TV satellite system. The cost 3-4 years ago was about $650 and could only be installed by a DirectTV installer. THen you have a separate monthly charge of about $65. Once you get the signal you can use a router to do whatever you want with wireless.
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For those of us who are already DIRECTV customers, you can go to Walmart, BestBuy, Circuit City, etc. and buy a new receiver there at relatively low cost. You can also buy a dish and LNB on eBay for less than $50 and add the new receiver to your existing account for $5 a month.

You can install your new dish yourself, or pay less than $100 for DIRECTV to do it for you.

My experience is that if you are NOT a DIRECTV customer, you have to have them do your initial installation.
 
If you want internet via satellite, you have two choices, each of which involves a seperate dish. WildBlue (http://www.wildblue.com) and HughesNet (www.hughesnet.com). I think at the moment WildBlue has a new deal; save $100 on install, first month free. Monthly rates from $49.99 to $79.99 depending on bandwidth.

I'm about to select one of them. We live in the sticks and have no cable or DSL. :smt009 It's been a long process to figure out the best, and I think we're going to try WildBlue...
 
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