dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA
| reply to MichaelRS
Re: What's going on with Spaceway 3?
said by MichaelRS  :Funny notes: Neither GroundControl nor MotoSat will now want to do HN/DirecWay. I haven't dealt with GC since my 4020 days, so I can't answer for them, but I can refute the latter. Activating HN accounts with Motosat is routine. So routine you can do it online using their account wizard.
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W2K Server|Toshiba Satellite XP Pro|iDirect 3100 on Datastorm 1.2 meter XF3 with 4-watt BUC|HughesNet IA8/1390/7000s Pro on 2-watt Datastorm G74|Sprint Broadband U595+MBR1000 router+Wilson Antenna/Amp|1990 Blue Bird Wanderlodge Bus "Blue Thunder" |
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Downrange
join:2008-04-28
Catawba, VA
| Just picked up Verizon Wireless and ran side by side downloads
Verizon: 765 kb
Hughesnet: 145 kb
And that's actually a decent 8PM score for HN these days...
Guess I'll be giving them a call tomorrow to cancel...
Thanks to whoever posted in another thread here that folks should check to see if EVDO was available - very surprised to find it way out here. Three bars!!
What a difference having low latency makes, too! |
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dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA | Did you check for Sprint? Remember, FAP on Verizon works out to just 166MB per day, and there is no FAP-Free time. Going over and seeing $100/GB can be a real pain! |
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Downrange
join:2008-04-28
Catawba, VA
edit:
April 30th, @08:30PM
| Thanks for the thought, but no Sprint out here yet. I rarely exceed 150 mb/day, at least according to Hughes accounting.
I still have my Wild Blue account, and it's good for another large chunk...
I do need to look into monitoring usage - there's web platform Verizon has you can join easily enough, I understand.
Wow, all these years - I had no idea what a robber latency is. Let alone the robber at Hughes...
Edit: Heh, just got 1015 down and 840 up - 8:30 PM, heh heh. |
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