I want to suggest 2 idea's with hughesnet!

Hi Sheila, there a few things prohibitive about your suggestions:

1. There are third party uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) that can provide power to the modem when main power is out. To add such capability to the modem would be expensive and increase the cost of the service significantly just to provide and maintain it. Also, power is still only going to be available for a relatively short period with such devices. A generator, wind or solar power is the only way to get long term backup power for the modem. They can then be used to also charge RV batteries for backup.

2. They don't build satellites at the location being served, they launch them into space. To have total coverage of Alaska would take multiple satellites orbiting overhead instead of a geostationary satellite due to the extreme northern location of Alaska. This is very cost prohibitive due to the relatively low number of customers they would serve.

There is something in the works called Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites which may someday help you folks in extreme northern locations.