[atis] [AT] O/T satellite internet

[Stuart Harner]

I feel compeled to jump in here.  I was a StarBand dealer for 3 years and have 
been a customer for 6.  While some people have had problems, I have been happy 
with my service.  Do I wish it costs less and was faster?  Of course, who 
wouldn't?

Bottom line is, where I live, dialup (if you can keep it working) runs at 26,400 
at best.  My StarBand averages 500,000 kb/sec.  Upload speeds are about 50,000, 
about the same as a very good dialup.

Of the 3 services available, I would give Wild Blue a look as well as StarBand. 
StarBand was bought out a year or so ago and their customer support has gone 
downhill a lot since then.  I am lucky in that I don't need to call them all that 
often.

Weather can cause outages in any satellite system as well as interference from 
the sun for a couple of hours a day for a few days each spring and fall.  My up 
time has been really good, considering all the things that could go wrong. 
Unless you are uploading large files the upload speed is not that big of a deal. 
The higher download speeds over dialup more than make up for it.

Good luck,

Stuart
trading high speed internet for life in the country is a good trade to me!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:00 PM
Subject: [atis] [AT] O/T satellite internet


> Charles..ask them what they mean by "A clear view of the southern sky?"  ie, 
> snow, rain, clouds, etc.
>
> I've heard nothing but bad about satellite internet.
>
> Regards,
> Rickin the boonies of Mt.
>
> PS:  Weclome to retirement!!! Live is good!
>
>
>
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> When I retire, the one thing I will really miss is the high-speed
> internet connection.  At home I have only dial-up available.  The power
> company keeps saying they will implement BPL, but I think they are
> having problems with the technology.  Anybody have advice on HughesNet
> satellite service to share?  I am told by some that upload speeds are
> not all that good.
>
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