Internet Dish Wiring

[Midniteoyl]

Who is your Internet provider and how much it costs? We have Hughes. It works reasonably well but is expensive. Looking for alternative.

He has a WISP - Wireless ISP. Wireless Internet service provider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CurlyDave]

Op has the system to get Internet into his home.

His dish is just an antenna and it's pointed at a transmitter a few miles away.

These transmitters send an almost straight line signal to the receiver. Imagine a laser beam. He can't move the antenna because it has to be in a certain position like a surveyors transit.

This isn't dish in the sky sat TV.

People have made similar Internet WiFi transmitters go literally miles to a friend's house using Pringles cans to focus and aim the beam and then another to receive it. Just normal WiFi like at your house.

OP has a modern, commercial version of this system. He can't move his dish antenna unless the company moved their transmitter and then realigned it.

I call BS on this.

I have the same kind of internet. The base transmitter/receiver is on a tower and is omnidirectional. Hundreds of individual customer dishes access the same tower. The customer dish must be pointed at the tower, but it can be almost anywhere on your property. There is no dish pointing at the customer antenna on the company tower.

The only real issue is that the customer dish will need realignment if it is moved. The company has to do that to maximize signal strength.

The very best place for the dish is on the gable of your house. You can penetrate into the attic under the roof overhang, just below the roof. This location is out of the weather and the cable does not lie on top of any shingles, which will eventually damage them.