dbirdman
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-07
Eureka, CA
| reply to Richc1958
Re: Still stranded
said by Richc1958  :Please when you get a chance I have never heard of Idirect before.....tell me more heck Im paying a 100.00 to hughes for this wonderful stuff This is not a particularly good place to get into iDirect, so if you want to get into detail, please read/post in the Starband section here at BBR, which is the "catchall" for other satellite systems. I also have an iDirect section at DatastormUsers.com and even though it is a site for mobile users we get a lot of fixed-site folks because there isn't much out there for iDirect.
Briefly, iDirect is commercial/military grade technology. The iDirect company does not sell service; they sell hardware and technology, and there are roughly 50 companies that lease transponder space to sell iDirect services. Probably thousands of service plans ranging from low speed/modest cost to very high speed/very high cost. My plan is $289 per month for 768/2000. No FAP. In practice I actually get better than plan speeds, but I'm extremely careful in how I use the connection not to use much during peak. I'm aware that my provider can and will move heavy users to more congested channels. People on those are reporting around 400up/900down as their "real" speeds.
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