05-20-2008, 07:09 PM
mick e got into a radio based line of sight system that I think he has been happy with, you may want to ask him about it.
There is one of those ISPs near me (sigh, I'm just out of their service area...), the folks that I know that have it are very pleased. Really fast connections with much less latency than satellite. (https://wwws.razzolink.com/index.shtml)
If she has cell reception, that could be an option too, internet over cell.
She may have to opt for satellite if she has no other options. After being on hughes.net for a year, it is tough for me to imagine wildblue having a worse system. Oversold bandwidth as Paul mentions, is an issue. My connection speeds can slow to almost dialup speeds at times. They also punish you if you pass your "Fair Access Policy Threshold" and throttle back the connection speed. Downloading big updaters is out of the question unless you do it between 3 and 6 AM EST, when, apparently download restrictions are relaxed.
Of course, a better plan (more money) can salve some of these complaints...
It is faster than my slow dialup over bad phone lines; I can view youtube now...
Good luck,
=wr=
There is one of those ISPs near me (sigh, I'm just out of their service area...), the folks that I know that have it are very pleased. Really fast connections with much less latency than satellite. (https://wwws.razzolink.com/index.shtml)
If she has cell reception, that could be an option too, internet over cell.
She may have to opt for satellite if she has no other options. After being on hughes.net for a year, it is tough for me to imagine wildblue having a worse system. Oversold bandwidth as Paul mentions, is an issue. My connection speeds can slow to almost dialup speeds at times. They also punish you if you pass your "Fair Access Policy Threshold" and throttle back the connection speed. Downloading big updaters is out of the question unless you do it between 3 and 6 AM EST, when, apparently download restrictions are relaxed.
Of course, a better plan (more money) can salve some of these complaints...
It is faster than my slow dialup over bad phone lines; I can view youtube now...
Good luck,
=wr=