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Yes, they can do it - my parents have Hughes satellite internet. I've been able to do multi-person video calls from their house. It's pretty low bandwidth though 40Mbps or so claimed I think and something like 50Gb/Month data cap.

It was faster and cheaper to tether to my cell phone while working from their house.



Out of curiosity – why don't your parents use fixed 4G or 5G internet in that case?


Good question. They may not be aware of it. Though I did talk with one of their neighbors who mentioned they had it.


4G and 5G modems can be a really solid solution if you point an antenna at the tower.




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