Plus, we were spending more money on RV Parks that had WIFI. So, by bringing along our own personal internet connection, we hope to go back to our $20/night budget. We can continue staying at State Parks, Forest Campgrounds, and all of the natural places without trying to schedule our stay over a weekend when we don't have to check the market.
We'll have to be honest, we were quite anxious about adding the Datastorm. First of all, it weighs about 103 lbs - I'm sure you've all heard us obsess about our 'weight' in the RV and how important it is to keep it within it's limits, and to keep it balanced. In addition to the dish, we had to add a modem, a control box, a router (no big deal so far), feet of cable, and an 8.3lb APC battery backup. That one hurt. Secondly, adding the dish required Jim to go onto our roof. No offense Jim, but Andy thinks his twiggy bow-legs should be the only thing up there. All of this work also required drilling holes in our poor baby, too. At least Jim was able to drop the cables down our refrigerator vent so we didn't have to drill holes in the roof of the RV, but they still drilled holes inside. This is our first real "customization" of our RV. And finally, the expense. Now we have to ensure our trading improves to warrant this expense. Just a little pressure!
Here are just a few of the steps it took to make it all happen:
Screwing it on - make sure it's tight Jim!
Holes had to be drilled on the inside to run the cables from the refrigerator area to the cabinet where all of the equipment will be stored.
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It was necessary forced assistance...very valuable. ;-)
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