Hi, i have a digital settlelite tv decoder and dish installed but i 'm thinking on if there is ...

[G+_Mulbah momo]

Hi, i have a digital settlelite tv decoder and dish installed but i'm thinking on if there is a way that i can access internet from the decoder. Can anyone give me clue if its possible or are there other additional device i need to get?

[G+_Jason Brown]

Do you have a make/model for the device?

[G+_Black Merc]

I did not think that the two services were on the same satellite or that the hardware you described had/has that function available.

[G+_John Sullivan]

I believe Black Merc is correct. The satellite used for internet service is in a diferent location in the sky, but even if you got the coordinates and pointed your dish at it, you would not be able to use it. For one thing, the internet responds to "requests", that is, you type an address of a web site that you want to view and it displays it to you.

 

Your satellite tv device is just a receiver, how would you transmit the request? People with satellite Internet service have both a transmitter and a receiver. Sometimes both work with the satellite, sometimes the transmitter is phone line based (like an old modem)

[G+_Golden Retriever]

There are 2 way satellite dish systems but yes as the others it said the satellite is in a different place sky so you would need an extra antenna but it's more than just that you would need a transceiver unit how are you connected to the internet now those satellite dish units also require an internet connection so that you can actually make a purchase of a pay-per-view