Are there any good satellite Internet options for travelers?
As an alternative you might look into cellular broadband cards. Won’t help you if you’re hiking in the mountains but if you just do a lot of travelling from one city to another a card will pick up most places you would get a cell phone signal. Cost is ~$60/mo and can be taken anywhere in the U.S. We used to have satellite at the house and switched to Verizon Broadband because the speed of satellite was killing us. We live outside of town where broadband is not available and the card picks up 2-3 bars signal without any antenna, full 4 bars with trucker antenna. Side effect of this option: internet is fast, way faster than satellite, but this depends on what type of card you get and what signal you get in various locations. Like I said, won’t help you if you’re travelling where no cell phone signal exists or if you’re not in the U.S. (not sure what international options there are, must be something) but maybe this type of option fits your bill and certainly fits in the laptop (heck, man
