Time Capsule... can it be accessed when traveling?

I bought the TIME CAPSULE a couple of days ago for two purposes and we picked this one for ONE MAJOR CAPABILITY that we need and I can't get it to work and have now been told that it WILL NOT DO THIS :
     1. We needed a new wireless modem, ours is about 6 years old, we use our xbox for online gaming, we all have iphones ( 4 people), we have two ipads, and and mac book. All of these apple devices obviously use the wifi and we also bought our two boys HP computers for Christmas, so once they are set up will also be using the wifi.
          I was told that the time capsule could withstand a large  number of devices "pulling" on it's wifi and that they send out two different "networks" one that the iphones and ipads would sign on to the one that was better for phones and tablets and that the Mac Book and other computers and the xbox would sign onto the other one and that this is one of the reasons that it can handle so many devices....
     2. We need a large hard drive to take the photos, movies, songs, etc. off of my Mac Book, our phones, other smaller HDs (250/500gb) and store them to free up space on our devices so that they can move faster and just to have them backed up....
WE NEED IT TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR OTHER LOCATIONS ( when we are traveling for world). We were told that we could access the files the pics, song, or movies from anywhere as long as we could get onto the Internet. My husband just deployed, instead of taking several small hard drives with him, he thought I would have this working and that he would be able to access them. He wants to be able to watch the movies during his downtime. We were told by the sales person that this would be no problem, easy. That we could sign on to the time capsule from the Internet. THIS IS NOT WORKING... I went back to the store and was told by another sales person that this IS NOT POSSIBLE and that it is mainly used for back ups and can only be accessed by the devices on the actual network in the house.... Uggg, I am sooo aggravated because I am trying to get all of this set up.
So, the sales person told me to just by the AIRPORT EXTREME ( because it will do all the things we need in a modem) and to buy the separate 3T HARDRIVE made by another brand but is made for this type of use and actually as an "APP" as well that can be download on mobile devices and the file that are on it can be accessed from anywhere in the world with the right password.
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHICH IS MORE ACCURATE?? PLEASE AND SOON. I'D LIKE TO START GETTING FILES UPLOADED ASAP SO THAT MY HUSBAND WHO IS DEPLOYED CAN ENJOY THAT SMALL PIECE OF HOME.
I already have the TIME CAPSULE hooked up and it is working fine as a modem and it is doing the "TIME MACHINE BACK UPS"  but I am not able to up load the pics and movies and I am also not able to figure out how to make it accessible to my husband over the Internet. I am ready to take it down.... I have already bought the AIRPORT EXTREME and the other 3T HARDRIVE.
I just need to know what to do.... and I will return which ever items cannot do what I need. I am not a computer expert and I don't understand all of the "computer lingo" that you guys are using on here. I am not completely stupid though and I do know the basics and also how to set up the stuff.  I have a very good back ground in computer uses and software and a little bit of knowledge on LAN and setting them up.
If someone could please advise me of the best decision or even if the TIME CAPSULE even really has the capability of being accessed from another location I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank You so Much,
RoyalT

Its ok. Thank you for replying. I meant router. lol. I have another question... I have looked at the back to my mac... so you are saying if I travel and take my mac book and use back to my mac I can access it?????
Well here is the issue, as I said, my husband is deployed and he is the one that will be trying to access it. I have the mac book here with me. He has an iphone,ipad, and a windows based laptop with him... Is there a way for him to access it with these devices, to include the windows laptop?
If all of this works can I load pics and movies on it and him be able to access them and then watch the movies?
I appreciate your help. I am not a ******* but I just need help.
Thanks so much!!!

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