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 Review by Arctic nut 
UPDATED: 315 days ago
member for 3 years, 393 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Thief River Falls,Pennington,MN
 Business customer
 Contract price not specified.
 "Fast when it works"
 "FAP, Price, connection reliablity"
 "Keep a backup connection if business depends on connectivity"
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Ordered via phone directly from Hughes on 24 Oct 2008 and finally installed 20 Nov 2008.
Business I 400 w/500 meg, 2000K DL, 300K UL, static IP, .98M dish w/3 watt transmitter. HN9000 Commissioned on Spaceway III $129.00/mo
When the system works I consistently get the plan speed and at times better than the plan speed.
The system will loose connectivity for no apparent reason (no weather event locally at least) thus requiring me to use the Alltel 1X service I had hoped to cancel. There is not a WISP or other broadband option here in the boonies so satellite or cellular is it.
Jan 16, 2009 Update:
A call to Hughes business technical support was all it took to rectify my connectivity problem. Service has been rock solid even with several snow storms and temperatures hitting -30 degrees F.
Followup comments:  
Jameson
10-8
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Fallbrook, CA
clubs:  | EVDO Do you have EVDO Rev A avail in your area via Sprint or Verizon? | |
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Arctic nut
join:2006-11-26
Thief River Falls, MN | Re: EVDO No, EVDO in any flavor isn't yet available locally. The nearest is Grand Fork, ND. We're stuck on 1x at the moment. 
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HN9000,Spaceway III,.98m,3watt,business400 | |
| sanitarium09
join:2002-09-01 | Verizon Verizon now offers a wireless option in the area. You get 5GB per month for $55. Speed, when I checked it, is about .6Mb down and .3Mb up. | |
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