So i hear that WB may have upto 12meg comming soon with their new bird, ontop of increasing current service levels from .5/1/1.5 to 1/2/3....does this sound good to you or do you see more problems for a network that has more issues than you can count...
Wild blue increasing speed...what ya think
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Heck, you could not even get advertised speeds before so what makes people think that they will get the newer advertised speeds? Plus FAP is a problem as well.
Maybe they will actually be able to give you half the advertised new speeds which is still what they are advertising now but without increasing FAP there is not a lot of advantage.
Satellite Internet is (and probably always will be) a joke compared to the wireline broadband alternatives. It only barely has any value over dialup (some people even switch from satellite to dialup) when you are in remote areas. Huge ripoff though, expensive equipment, horrible latency, dumb contracts, terrible customer service, deceptive speed tiers, ridiculous FAP, bad customer service, weather related issues, the list goes on... Even 3G/WiFi would be a better alternative.
Almost everyone I have install WB for has been happy with it here in very rural Nebraska. We do not recommend it for people in the city.
Run away, run away! The only (and I mean only) reason to use satellite internet is when there is absolutely no option other than dial-up. Don't care how fast they claim to make it; even if true (which it is not), the FAP cap will kill you.
I haven't heard about the new Wild Blue deal. But for now I'm liking HughesNet. I took advantage of the Recovery Act. I'm paying $39.99 a month for 1 mbs verses $22.95 for AT&T dial-up, which. on a good day connected at 26k. I just did a bandwidth check (using C-Net's bandwidth meter) and I'm downloading a 990 kps... close enough for me. No contract and no "expensive equipment" to buy. Yes, I have to be careful about my FAP, but both my wife and I share the connection and rarely exceed our limit. Even then we are only 'punished' for maybe a day. Of course a little common sense is in order. I can't download many videos or music. Yes, the latency prevents on-line game playing, but I don't have time to do that any way.
Now before I moved to the sticks, I did have cable internet, so I DO know what fast internet is. Believe me, when (if ever) DSL is available out here, I will jump to that. Again, for now, I'm happy with satellite internet.
Now before I moved to the sticks, I did have cable internet, so I DO know what fast internet is. Believe me, when (if ever) DSL is available out here, I will jump to that. Again, for now, I'm happy with satellite internet.
As time goes on, I think more and more people will say "run run" from satellite unless they truely increase the speeds and FAP. More people are doing video streaming and that kills the FAP. When I talk against satellite on these forums though, most go against me and say how wonderful satellite broadband is like I am nutty or something.
satellite internet has its place, but with the price they charge for 1 meg, what will it be for 12?
12 (or heck, anything half that speed) would be considered for business use. Right now as it stands, you might as well say that 2-3 mb is intended for business use.
Wildblue is going to kick butt when the new bird comes out and as for the current wildblue customers it's usually the installers fault by not installing it right from the get go so bye bye hughsnet
Hughesnet is also launching their own satellite increasing bandwidth next year so they are both going to be upgrading their service. Since WildBlue is going to have a year head start since their satellite is launching that much sooner Hughesnet might lose some customers to them.
