If someone is on an Army base in Iraq, what are the options for satellite internet there? He's allowed to have a large dish. Would that help? He wants the fastest he can get, but I'd like to know all the options so I know how much it will cost. I've heard it's very expense. Is it hard to set up, like to point the dish at the satellite? He doesn't need TV, just internet. Obviously an ISP that will do business in English by email instead of by phone is a must.
2007-04-19 17:20:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
there is a company that sells systems over there but i forget there name. the dish is a 1.5 meter dish (approx 2ft or so in diameter) its costs about 1800 dollars and the speed is good. i hear it pays for itself in no time, and it can always be sold be he/she leaves
2007-04-20 04:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was over there I had satalite internet. I don't know too many details about it though. A group of at least 20 to almost 30 of us bought a satalite internet system together. We bought it from a Turkish company called Troya that was on post where I was. It cost us about $5,000 for all the equipment and them to come out and set it up completely. They did everything that needed to be done to set it up. We chose a system that would handle the number of people that would be using it. They offered 3 different systems and we were able to go with their second fastest one. I really don't know much more than that. The system worked fine most of the time unless we had a lot people downloading things off the internet or playing X-Box or Playstation online which used up a lot of the bandwidth and made it slow or even sometimes not possible to get a connection. With that in mind we would have been better off going with the fastest system that Troya had but it would have been more expensive. Anyways I shared an ethernet line with my battle buddy and together it cost us $60 a month for service. It was a bit pricey but overall I think it was worth it and I really enjoyed it. I just loved going on the internet while laying in my bunk when I had time to. If he really wants to get satalite internet he should probably look around to find someone with a satalite internet system and ask them about it. I know someone who tried finding an American company that provided satalite internet service but he had very little luck dealing with those companys. All he did was search online for them and found a couple but they either couldn't do it or they were very slow to respond to his e-mails.
2007-04-20 13:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by Blue 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can get setup by people in the cities.
They run on European Standards though. Which means they have daily bandwidth allotments that get eaten up by webcams and stuff.
It doesn't work like stuff in America. Dish and Directv aren't over there. They are Geosynchronous satellites, which means they stay over the US and don't circle the earth like you think.
Alternatively, he could become really good friends with a 25F and he will hook you up. ;)
2007-04-20 00:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all army bases have a satellite TV they have all access to the satellite, but their is wore and not a TV.you do not know from a moment to next what it going to happens
2007-04-20 00:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hughes offers service in iraq. but it's like $1200 a month ( will support about 12 users though). I helped set one up and it wasn't too bad.
2007-04-20 00:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by jeffery l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he works with any contractors, he should ask them. They seem to know the most about that stuff.
2007-04-20 01:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋