For those who have now defunct dishes - if you have line of sight access to a wifi hotspot, take the lnb off, replace it with a usb network card and point the dish directly at the wifi hotspot. You should get free access to the internet providing the dish is big enough and you know the password for the wifi serice.

On this note,  All joking aside,
If anyone now has a 'useless' dish, I would like one for this exact purpose! I'll take it away free of charge.

John.