BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| If I had to have satelite
I'd rather pay $90 for Wildblue's 1.5 Mbps package. That cap while also low is at least 17000 MB dowload 5000 MB per month. Sure beats Hughesnets' 15000 MB TOTAL cap per 30 days.
I'm sure this new 5 Mbps tier will cost around $250. How do they think REAL people can afford that? I think it's sad I can get 10 Mbps from Charter for $50 and poor souls living a few miles away have to pay outrageous prices for 5 Mbps internet AND have crappy caps. |
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jc1350
join:2004-09-23
1 edit | From what I've read recently, Wild Blue is having capacity problems of their own.
I had Hughesnet when it was DirecWay. The service started off ok, but after a year it was garbage. As soon as my contract was up, I dumped it for Verizon Wireless EVDO. Now I can actually do useful things like connect to my company's VPN (can't do that with satellite...not reliably anyway).
Of course I'm especially bitter because I'm too far for DSL and the only reason I don't have cable is they refuse to service my part of the street. It's only 1/2 mile away on one side of my home, and 1/4 mile away the other. My neighbors and I even signed a letter/petition stating we would gladly pay for the cable, but they simply ignore us. Not even the courtesy of a rejection letter. I won't even start about FiOS and Verizon's cherry-picking. Just keep giving more service to those who already have it and continue to ignore the areas you have ignored. That's fine.
yeah. I'm bitter.  |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by jc1350  :From what I've read recently, Wild Blue is having capacity problems of their own. Not sure how that can be since they launched their own new satelite no too long ago and they says they now have capacity for 640,000 customers. |
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jc1350
join:2004-09-23 | just a few weeks ago people were pissing and moaning about performance. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA
 ·SONIC.NET
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to jc1350
said by jc1350 :I'm too far for DSL and the only reason I don't have cable is they refuse to service my part of the street. It's only 1/2 mile away on one side of my home, and 1/4 mile away the other. they simply ignore us. Not even the courtesy of a rejection letter. I won't even start about FiOS and Verizon's cherry-picking. Just keep giving more service to those who already have it and continue to ignore the areas you have ignored. That's fine. yeah. I'm bitter. We've had Verizon FiOS terminals and cabling installed for over a year - still no service offering. I don't think its cherry-picking. Instead, you're talking about a national forklift-upgrade for 30,000,000 customers, using somewhat unproven STB's and troublesome MDU installs. It will take a while to get done, and get the bugs out.
I don't envy you having to rely on EVDO and/or satellite, but with only 9 neighbors, in the boondocks, I don't think its very realistic to expect priority treatment either.
Why not get to know your neighbors 1/4 mile away, and set up a WiFi link from their cable modem? (Perfectly legit if you're on FON and TimeWarner). |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | TWC and RR (the ISP) does not like when you share outside your home. Not something i'd due. A good way for them to kill your neighbors connection if they wanted to.
They DO NOT like sharing out side of the serviced address. |
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