Satellite T.V.

You don't want to mess with satellite for Internet. I have it at the house. It's a backup now because I finally have decent Verizon and AT&T here. But satellite Internet is extremely expensive and slow. It's really a last resort if you have no other options.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 on TMobile. I love my phone, and I have been able to use it with no issue when I was on tour with bands. I like TMobile because I can use my phone even in Canada and Mexico with no additional charges. (That's phone, texting, AND data, all unlimited!) So for quick things like Facebook check ins, Instagram uploads, and talk/text time with my husband and/or daughter, I'm set phone-wise.

I want the satellite wifi because unlike most people I don't really watch TV, so a satellite TV receiver will do me little to no good. I mostly watch movies on Netflix or play World of Warcraft. Hence my need for satellite wifi. I already know the upload/download speeds won't be enough to play WoW without significant lag time, but streaming movies should be fine. (Trying to use my phone as a hotspot is pretty awful for this type of use.) Again, this is similar to the wifi we used on board the tour bus for similar uses, and usually there are up to 10 people on the wifi network at any one time.

I'll just have to see if the speeds will allow me to stream movies. I'm honestly more interested in my laptop's capabilities on the road than I am for TV. I'm not joking when I say I barely watch TV. It's just not an interest of mine.

Ugh. It looks like that Hughes device I linked has a crazy expensive service plan. They charge by the minute, unless I'm reading that wrong. Time for more investigation.

Another company that has the epic cue TV is Halvor Lines they just started putting them in for all drivers

I agree with Brett, Hughes net is crazy expensive for what you get. I use it at my house because I live in the "boonies." It's my only option, but it isn't that great of a service in my opinion.

I agree with Brett, Hughes net is crazy expensive for what you get. I use it at my house because I live in the "boonies." It's my only option, but it isn't that great of a service in my opinion.

Hughes is the manufacturer of the satellite receiver I was investigating, not Hughes Satellite TV/Internet service. The connectivity is provided by a different company. This satellite distributor that I linked specializes in international mobile satellite and phone services. It looks like it's meant for intermittent use by occasional traveling recreation, or goverment/military/media personnel.

It would be nice to have a wifi antenna so you can pick up wifi from farther away, they cost about $500. Sat internet has always been overpriced and under performing, it seems like the demand and competition just isnt there for enough to be invested in improving the tech substantially.

I am hoping that some of them will negotiate with the wireless carriers for discounts on service or a free 10 gig dongle or something.

This is definitely a step in the right direction, but if they want millenials in trucks, internet is the way to go. Lots of us have a lot of college debt, a crap degree and no job, trucking theoretically could have strong appeal to that target market. Trucking companies should be targetting the millenial pschyodemographic at sources they frequent and with messages they'll listen to. They dont listen to radio morning shows that appeal to lower middle class white males 40+, for example (looking at you Schneider), and they generally tune out banjo music and messages about good Christian family values. The image of the trucker is an old white fat hick, but that can be turned around with the right messaging and a few perks that millenials would like.

It's not just millenials. I'm 44 years old and while I love NPR, classical music, and talk radio, I am interested in many of the things you're describing. I don't watch TV. Having a TV will be a waste. But quality, high speed mobile internet for streaming purposes would be amazing, even if it's implementation would be at my expense.

It's not just millenials. I'm 44 years old and while I love NPR, classical music, and talk radio, I am interested in many of the things you're describing. I don't watch TV. Having a TV will be a waste. But quality, high speed mobile internet for streaming purposes would be amazing, even if it's implementation would be at my expense.

Of course! When you are putting together a target market segment you have to generalize. Its a good point though, the internet has been around as we know it for at least 30 years and the trend across the board is people are switching to the internet as their primary media.