High Speed Internet Forum / Service Providers / Satellite / What's your experience with Satellite Internet service?
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| Posted: 28 Apr 2008 12:32 | ||
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| Share your experience with Satellite internet service. How's your connection speed? Download speed? Down time issues with service being unavailable? No down time issues. Service cost? Let us know! | ||
| Posted: 29 Apr 2008 15:58 | ||
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| I would love to have information about this as well. There is no DSL offered in my area, and we don't have cable coming to our house. I'm still on dial-up and of course, hate it. | ||
| Posted: 29 Apr 2008 20:11 | ||
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| I have used both major high speed satellite providers and I enjoy Hughesnet more. I have had them for a while and they are much better than anything else that has been available in my area. | ||
| Posted: 01 May 2008 15:49 | ||
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| Thanks for the recommendation. Can I ask you something else? What is the set up and installation like? Does it take a long time? | ||
| Posted: 02 May 2008 05:47 | ||
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here in India the major players BSNL, sify ,Reliance,Bharth Infotel and there are some other but these are the major ones
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| Posted: 02 May 2008 05:47 Last Edited By: padnar | ||
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sorry I keep posting two messaagw which is not my intention . I think there should be a delete thread
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| Posted: 08 May 2008 19:21 | ||
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| As I mentioned it was a while ago but I'm pretty sure it took less than a week. | ||
| Posted: 22 May 2008 03:32 | ||
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| I have been using the internet for approximately 20 years. I currently access through Hughes. If I had cable access I would blow Hughes off. Their "fair Access Policy (FAB)" threshold is too low for an experienced user. It considers page loading as downloading. With the amount of data on pages increasing, I find myself exceeding my threshold earlier and earlier. My download speed is 100Kbps. It should be 700Kbps according to the plan I have. Down time is minimal even with poor weather conditions. Weather does slow it down but does not seem to stop it. I try to use their allotted time frame of 3AM-6AM to do my major downloads. This period does not count against the FAP threshold. Price is not bad. $60/month for the standard home plan which I have. However I may be forced to upgrade my plan to overcome the threshold limit problem. Installation only took one day and I was up and running. Equipment cost was $600. I was supposed to get a $200 rebate. Never saw it. I inquired about it and was told (after the fact) that I was supposed to go to the Hughes site and download the form. This was not passed on to me by the sales people not the installation technician. I suspect that it is policy to not "volunteer" this information. Provide it only if the customer inquires. Draw your own conclusions from my post. Pass it on to anyone considering Hughes. | ||
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