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Thanks, Barb. Part of the reason I posted this was because you basically told me this when I bought the dish and I wasn't convinced.

Because of the much heavier dish, it is imperative to tighten the tripod legs more firmly. My heavy-duty tripod has only one clamp per leg. Hand tightening is not enough unless you have a dual clamp tripod (I'm not sure of this). If the clamp can't control the weight, the whole system will crash or ...

Near Pilot Peak, east border of Yellowstone National Park.

I've been using it from my RV for over a week and have a couple observations: The Modem/router registers ZERO power drain on my invertor. The 7000S consumed about 20 watts. This is of extreme importance to me as I rely on solar power almost exclusively and spend about 2 months a year in no generator...

http://www.pcmag.com/news/352288/hughes ... -data-caps

Best news for is that "slow down" speed is 3Mbps! That's 15x what I had with the 7000 router.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/echostar-xix-satellite-with-jupiter-high-throughput-technology-successfully-positioned-in-orbital-slot-300388446.html Excerpt: "GERMANTOWN, Md., Jan. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite n...

Business Wire (a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary) forecasts VSAT (very small aperture terminals) to thrive. Quote from the article: "The broadband services segment will grow rapidly during the forecast period. This growth is attributed to the increased demand for broadband services among governme...

The URL for the entire story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/echostar-launched-to-deliver-high-speed-internet/ Some excerpts: “It’ll provide capacity primarily for our consumer business in the U.S. as well as additional capacity in Canada, Mexico and other countries in Central America,” Pradman Kaul, t...