[atis] [AT] O/T satellite internet

[Clint D]

I have had wildblue now for 4 months, beats the heck out of dial up for 
sure. Pricy, but so far in general I have been happy with it, 
especiaally since my only alternative is dial up!

I really like being able to download fast as compared to dial up

Clint


Stuart Harner wrote:
> 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" 
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> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:00 PM
> Subject: [atis] [AT] O/T satellite internet
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>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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