We had Hughes when is was called Direcway. They were terrible. Worked
alright until we had trouble then could not get any help. We were on the
phone for hours with them and still no help. We now have Wildblue and so far
we have had no problems. It does go out sometimes when it rains hard, but
comes back on when the rain lets up. Just our experience
William Eggers
Winterset, Iowa
--- On Thu, 7/10/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Satellite Internet
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:27 AM
Rob--WildBlue is here, but I held out until DSL came
through my canyon (a fluke). One of my friends has it,
lives high on a hill, does accounting from home and loves
it. However, another friend has it, lives down in a river
canyon, and every time it rains can't get a connection,
which is very bad for business, is constantly distressed
over it. Seems to be entirely about your particular
location as to whether it works well or not.
--Sage
Way Out in Texas
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:39:51 -0400
"Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting Satellite Internet. Does
>anyone on the list
> have it? I think we discussed the "Fair Access Policy"
>some time back.
>
> I've got a neice that's come to live here and faster
>connection would
> be great for her schooling. Cable or DSL ain't gonna
>happen here in
> the sticks.
>
> The way I see it the choice is Hughes or Wild Blue. The
>Fair Access
> issue is holding me back (and the price). I work at home
>doing
> computer tech work so the spped would be great. I
>connect right now
> through my employers blackberry, but wireless is slow
>here in the
> sticks also.
>
> Do any of you have experience with the Fair Access
>Policy?
>
> Here they are:
>
> + WildBlue's Fair Access Policy (FAP) is based on a
>rolling 30 day
> limit on data usage per customer called a usage
>threshold. If you
> exceed the FAP threshold, your bandwidth (speed) will be
>reduced for
> the remainder of the 30 day period when your system
>quota refreshes
> and you are again within your limits. During this
>period, your
> bandwidth will be reduced to 28Kbps until your system
>refreshes.
> ++ HughesNet's Fair Access Policy (FAP) is based on a 24
>hour period.
> If you exceed the Fair Access Policy threshold, your
>bandwidth (speed)
> will be reduced for a period of 24 hours. During this
>period, your
> bandwidth will be reduced to 56Kbps until your system
>refreshes.
>
>
> Thanks, Rob - Va
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