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Satelllite Internet
Will be moving to an area that doesnt have anything other than dial up. Anyone use satellite providers for internet? I have looked a a few diffrent providers and was curious about service, support, speed, and reliability. Any info will help.
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I looked into satellite internet when I could only get dialup in my area. THis was a few years ago and I found the equipment is expensive, the download speed is not much better than dialup ,and the upload is about the same as dialup. not very much bang for the buck. maybe technology has made for better satellite internet in 2007. I know I would rather take a beating than have dialup again.
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Depending on what you use your Internet connection for, the latency associated with satellite could be a deal breaker. Time sensitive applications like VoIP, VPN connections, and online gaming could all have issues with a satellite connection.
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My dad lives in an area where dial up is the only thing available besides satellite. He opted for the satellite but is having a bunch of drop out problems, and the equipment is expensive.
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My neighbor has it,,, We live pretty deep in the mountains, so there is no high-speed, cell service, TV or radio reception. Whether you buy the equipment, over $500, and get a break on the monthly service fee, or 'lease' the equipment and pay a higher monthly service fee, it still came out to over $100 a month!!! Her service is not really that much faster than mine, I have dial up! If I have large files I need to move around, I go to the school or library and use their T3 line.
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From: Fraziers Bottom, WV
I have Wildblue satellite internet (www.wildblue.com) and love it. Other than Dial-up it is the only option I have. Like satellite TV, weather will cause periods of lost signal. They have several price and Eq options. A friend 1/2 mile down the road has Hughes net and wishs he would have waited for Wildblue.
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I also have Wildblue service, been about 18 months now.
I'm still stuck on the old bird which doesn't suck near as much as it used to....
Slow latency, bogs down during primetime due to overloading. As an example, this site in particular is painful to load using stock browser configurations because of all the repeated calls for the ads from the servers.
Next best alternative to dialup, though. Downloads are usually decent, uploads are assymetrical.
Costs from about $50/month. Initial cost was only $300 in my case.
Don't plan on file sharing or watching too many videos, the bandwidth is strictly monitored with punitive penalties for going over your allocated data transfer allowance.
See if you have an NRTC coop in your area, you'll get your best service from them. Wildblue's customer service appears to be a leftover from the old soviet empire. Completely incompetent and couldn't care less in my experience.
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I'm still stuck on the old bird which doesn't suck near as much as it used to....
Slow latency, bogs down during primetime due to overloading. As an example, this site in particular is painful to load using stock browser configurations because of all the repeated calls for the ads from the servers.
Next best alternative to dialup, though. Downloads are usually decent, uploads are assymetrical.
Costs from about $50/month. Initial cost was only $300 in my case.
Don't plan on file sharing or watching too many videos, the bandwidth is strictly monitored with punitive penalties for going over your allocated data transfer allowance.
See if you have an NRTC coop in your area, you'll get your best service from them. Wildblue's customer service appears to be a leftover from the old soviet empire. Completely incompetent and couldn't care less in my experience.
Steve
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WE have hughes net out here, and let me tell you there are times when I just have to give up... If your connection it idle too long (I.E. nobody's using the computer(s)) it cancels the acceleration and then it takes 10 minutes for it to come back up. At that point it's SLOWER than dial up.
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From: Mustang, Oklahoma
Originally Posted by projectSHO89
As an example, this site in particular is painful to load using stock browser configurations because of all the repeated calls for the ads from the servers.
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From: St Louis
Originally Posted by OKMIC1
I stopped using this site when I had dial up because that. If I didn't have cable I probably wouldn't be using FTE today.
Using IE with this site is painful...
No one in their right mind with access to either cable, DSL, or WiMAX would voluntarily choose satellite. It's the connection method of last resort that's better than dial-up.
Steve
Last edited by projectSHO89; Aug 25, 2007 at 08:56 PM.