Dish Network vs. Direct TV
quote: the Satellite Systems with internet access
Yes, there are two companies and they are pretty competitive but there is no one company that provides both TV and internet. You can get a dish from Direc Way, who is a division of Direct TV, that will get the internet. And while there are owners who do move them, Direc Way does not approve of self moved dishes on their system. You can also get the Direct TV attached to the same dish, but the service will be billed seperately and you will have to sign up seperately. Direc Way does have service by automatic seeking dishes for the internet, but those are mounted on the roof of the RV and can't be moved between the RV and the house. Doing that for the TV is not a major problem.
With Dish Net, there is a sister company who also has internet dish service, but again it is a seperate company and they also use a different dish, as does Direc. The other dish internet company is (
http://www.starband.net/home.asp ) Starband. This company does now have an authorized program for users to move their own dish. That program is called the Manual Flyer Program. The way it works is that the dealer trains the user to act as an installer and once the customer passes the company test they authorize him to move the dish and to use the company tech. support services. You can also get an attachment for the Dish Net equipment to receive TV service on that same dish, but again it will be billed seperately. In this case the customer can easily move the dish and the receivers between the house and the RV. If you are interested in this program there are two dealers that I know about. They are:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~flicka15/index.html
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