The Satellite service is generally to provide coverage to remote localities and should work just about anywhere, the service can be affected though by sun spot activity.
Installations costs are high, and intended for a fixed location, have seen mobile setups ones in use though, you would need to talk to the service provider about installing in a van etc, if they won't do that then you would need to have it installed in your home then relocate to your van etc.
Sheba, its the same as what Blaze calls the Dongle. There are quite a few different plans. I was on 4 Ggs for 49.95 a month but have just upgraded to 8Ggs for 59.95, I get a 10.00 a month discount off that as I have a 2 in 1 billing. Internet and Mobile phone. If you go into the Telstra page online you should be able to see the different plans.
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having set up a few telstra sat services in remote tassie I will advice that it is not suitable for a mobile /portable system, nother wrong with a dongle cheers blaze
I am totally wireless with Telstra in my van. I have a gateway modem and a dongle on two plans. I have no worries with either and I have traveled with them and get good reception wherever I am t the moment (touch wood) I will be getting a external antenna as well to further boost the signal. 1 plan I have on the gateway modem is 12 gig @ $89.95. Never had a problem as I say.
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Landcruiser 100 series towing a 9.5m Coromal Capri 780
Hi Girls and Boys. Thought I would throw our setup into the pot. We run a Telstra modem/router in the van with an external aerial in the roof to extend the range for those extended stops. Works fine for most of the time and allows us to run either laptop together with the IPad at the same time. Just recently bought a 3G yagi aerial to extend the range even further and works a treat. Mind you, have to have it fairly well pointed at the tower to get the benefit but after awhile you get the hang of it. Recently we were at a location that we were only getting one bar and with the Yagi got all five. For those who are not sure what a Yagi is, it looks like a UHF TV aerial but is designed for the 3G network. Got mine off eBay and very happy with its result. To put it all in context, the van owner needs to stay in touch with family, etc via Facebook. Keeps the peace.
Brian
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I have a telstra Turbo prepaid mobile Broadband, It is a usb, looks like a big Flash drive, 8 GB, just sticks into the side of my Laptop, Has a range of about 12 miles, Works great, after that I am over the horizon and it dont work, I bought it in Bundaberg to keep in touch on my boat,
Works on My home computer, My laptop, at home or on my boat, It doesnt need an aerial, But you can put an extension on it if you want to stick it on your roof, Its not waterproof,
I dont know what the range is on land, but if your mobile phone works, it works, It has the same range,
The trick is to buy a cheap one, Then download another prepaid usage thingy (More GB's ) before the cheap one runs out, that way it doesnt have that expiry date on it,
Sat phone works no matter where you are, middle of the ocean or middle of the desert, The cost for those is astronomical, couple of grand, OUCH,