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 deetuner
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Anyone here use satellite internet service |
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Posts: 177 May 14, 2008 9:29 AM |
I think it is Hughes or Blue Sky? If so, is it in conjuction with a wireless router? How are the speeds? Can you effiecently listen to music and internet
video feeds?
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DesotoCountyDawg |
We have it here at our office and it is networked to everyones computer. | #1 | ||
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Posts: 1647 May 14, 2008 10:23 AM Registered Member |
Works OK. I'd rather have cable or DSL but they arent an option out here. We listen to music and watch video all the time on it. The old hardware that
they had sucked but they have since replaced it with some newer stuff that works better.
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rebelpimp |
If you are out in the country | #2 | ||
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Posts: 996 May 14, 2008 10:26 AM |
and it's your only option other than dial up then it's going to have to do. It's expensive as shit and the speed sucks but dial up is worse.
I'll put it this way, every once in a while you could watch a baseball game on dot tv and it won't freeze up or just not work at all. You Tube kind of
works the same way on it.
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CFOEagle |
Cost? | #3 | ||
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Posts: 22 May 14, 2008 10:26 AM Registered Member |
When I looked before, it was too high for the benefit (like around $80/month). Has it come down significantly?
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olemissbydamn |
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Posts: 1642 May 14, 2008 10:30 AM Registered Member |
I looked into it once. I seem to remember something about shared bandwidth. Seems they said that if you downloaded large files (movies or music), it would kick
you off for a while.
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DesotoCountyDawg |
70 bucks a month. | #5 | ||
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Posts: 1648 May 14, 2008 10:35 AM Registered Member |
Like I said I'd rather have something else but there are no other options and we have to have "high speed" internet for things here in the
office.
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rebelpimp |
pretty expensive install too | #6 | ||
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Posts: 998 May 14, 2008 10:40 AM |
abotu 400 to 600 bucks to put the dish and other hardware in, if I am remembering correctly.
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elmsurfer1 |
can you tether you computer to your cellphone? | #7 | ||
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Posts: 94 May 14, 2008 10:55 AM Registered Member |
When I travel, I use my cellphone to connect and usually the connection is very good. I'm with Sprint.
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misterjackjack |
wireless internet | #8 | ||
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Posts: 5 May 14, 2008 11:18 AM |
elmsurfer1 wrote: at&t and verizon also offer wireless internet. $60/month, but you've got to have a good cellphone signal at your house. eta: it works on cellular technology, plugs into your usb port (so you can take it anywhere), so you have to sign a 2-year contract just like with a cellphone.
Last Edited By: misterjackjack May 14, 2008 11:21 AM.
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deetuner |
I have a verizon card | #9 | ||
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Posts: 178 May 14, 2008 11:30 AM |
but where I am moving to, I would have better luck picking up a rock and talking into it. My AT&T phone also does not work. Only cellular south works
there. The expense is not really a factor. I work out of the home and the company pays for high speed connections/installs because we have to do yearly
training an what-not. I am worried about not being able to download music or view you-tube. It seems to be a hit or miss deal. Some say they like it, some say
it sucks. I wonder if the people who like it are only comparing it to dial up......Well, I gotta move, so we will see.
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McRebel |
I'm on HughesNet | #10 | ||
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Posts: 985 May 14, 2008 12:36 PM The First Ante |
It is definitely better than dial up. Hughes has a Fair Access Policy which limits the amount of data you can download in a 24 hour period. Go over it and they
cut your bandwidth down to a trickle (worse than dial up) for a 24 hour period. You can pay more money for a higher ceiling on the FAP but it still sucks. You
can buy the equipment off ebay and then pay someone to install it. That's how I worked it and saved some money up front.
Weather can also be a concern. 
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Rebel Dave |
I have so many trees I refuse to cut (i'm a closet tree hugger) that I can't even get | #11 | ||
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Posts: 2335 May 14, 2008 12:42 PM |
sat. service. Welcome to country life.
Seriously, here's what I was told. Slow upload speeds. Okay on downloads. Can be weather interrupted just like t.v. service. |
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deetuner |
I have trees all around except | #12 | ||
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Posts: 179 May 14, 2008 3:26 PM |
for the southern part of the sky. I will be OK in that regard. I too heard the upload speeds are actually the same as dial up, but I do not upload very much.
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DesotoCountyDawg |
Correct. | #13 | ||
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Posts: 1652 May 14, 2008 3:34 PM Registered Member |
Upload is slow download is fast.
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moonlakereb |
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Posts: 70 May 14, 2008 4:34 PM |
300 to install 80 a month |
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| Anyone here use satellite internet service | May 14, 2008 9:29 AM | deetuner |
| We have it here at our office and it is networked to everyones computer. | May 14, 2008 10:23 AM | DesotoCountyDawg |
| Cost? | May 14, 2008 10:26 AM | CFOEagle |
| 70 bucks a month. | May 14, 2008 10:35 AM | DesotoCountyDawg |
| pretty expensive install too | May 14, 2008 10:40 AM | rebelpimp |
| If you are out in the country | May 14, 2008 10:26 AM | rebelpimp |
| Re: Anyone here use satellite internet service | May 14, 2008 10:30 AM | olemissbydamn |
| I'm on HughesNet | May 14, 2008 12:36 PM | McRebel |
| can you tether you computer to your cellphone? | May 14, 2008 10:55 AM | elmsurfer1 |
| wireless internet | May 14, 2008 11:18 AM | misterjackjack |
| I have a verizon card | May 14, 2008 11:30 AM | deetuner |
| I have so many trees I refuse to cut (i'm a closet tree hugger) that I can't even get | May 14, 2008 12:42 PM | Rebel Dave |
| I have trees all around except | May 14, 2008 3:26 PM | deetuner |
| Correct. | May 14, 2008 3:34 PM | DesotoCountyDawg |
| wildblue | May 14, 2008 4:34 PM | moonlakereb |
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