Satellite Internet
02-26-2011, 09:21 PM
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Mead, WA
Posts: 598
Originally Posted by Pinkiris
I think I quote my "quiltingboard friends" a little too often! My husband has now requested that I put out this question to you for your expert opinions---
Do you have satellite internet? What's your opinion of it? We live in a rural area and dial-up is currently all that is available to us. HughesNet is advertising to us that with Federal stimulus money, we are eligible for satellite internet at no cost for equipment and a lower monthly rate with no contract.
If we get a faster connection, I'll miss all the mini-naps I get while waiting for pages to post!!! :D :D But I might get a lot more sewing done if I don't spend as much time here! LOL
We would appreciate your opinions on your company / service / cost, etc.
I really trust the opinions expressed here :thumbup:
Sue
a/k/a Pinkiris
Do you have satellite internet? What's your opinion of it? We live in a rural area and dial-up is currently all that is available to us. HughesNet is advertising to us that with Federal stimulus money, we are eligible for satellite internet at no cost for equipment and a lower monthly rate with no contract.
If we get a faster connection, I'll miss all the mini-naps I get while waiting for pages to post!!! :D :D But I might get a lot more sewing done if I don't spend as much time here! LOL
We would appreciate your opinions on your company / service / cost, etc.
I really trust the opinions expressed here :thumbup:
Sue
a/k/a Pinkiris
02-26-2011, 09:33 PM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New Bern, NC
Posts: 515
I too live in a rural area. Until the phone company ran DSL about a year ago we had satallite internet through Wild Blue. It was $50 a month. We had to pay for the modem and dish and setup but compared to dial up it was worth it. The only problem we had was my husband brought his computer from work home and tried to hook up to it and it didn't work. However, the problem was because of we both work at the local hospital so the program on his computer to enable him to hook up to the hospital system via internet had such high security settings and it operated on a different speed. With the satallite there were 3 packages and we had the cheap one. They told us at work it "probably" would have worked if we bought the most expensive package with a higher speed. Luckily DSL came along for that reason.
Something I wasn't aware of when we got the satallite was there was a download limit. Once the limit was reached there was an extra cost. At the time my DD was applying to colleges and doing all the stuff teenagers do and there were a couple of times we came close to the download max.
Hope this helps.
Something I wasn't aware of when we got the satallite was there was a download limit. Once the limit was reached there was an extra cost. At the time my DD was applying to colleges and doing all the stuff teenagers do and there were a couple of times we came close to the download max.
Hope this helps.
02-26-2011, 09:43 PM
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Mead, WA
Posts: 598
Originally Posted by quiltnmom
I too live in a rural area. Until the phone company ran DSL about a year ago we had satallite internet through Wild Blue. It was $50 a month. We had to pay for the modem and dish and setup but compared to dial up it was worth it. The only problem we had was my husband brought his computer from work home and tried to hook up to it and it didn't work. However, the problem was because of we both work at the local hospital so the program on his computer to enable him to hook up to the hospital system via internet had such high security settings and it operated on a different speed. With the satallite there were 3 packages and we had the cheap one. They told us at work it "probably" would have worked if we bought the most expensive package with a higher speed. Luckily DSL came along for that reason.
Something I wasn't aware of when we got the satallite was there was a download limit. Once the limit was reached there was an extra cost. At the time my DD was applying to colleges and doing all the stuff teenagers do and there were a couple of times we came close to the download max.
Hope this helps.
Something I wasn't aware of when we got the satallite was there was a download limit. Once the limit was reached there was an extra cost. At the time my DD was applying to colleges and doing all the stuff teenagers do and there were a couple of times we came close to the download max.
Hope this helps.
02-26-2011, 10:08 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
Posts: 4,820
I had wildblue for a couple of years. I hated it. It's only slightly faster than dial up and I was paying for the second level of service. But if your only choices is dial up or satellite, I'd check out all the satellite options available.
02-27-2011, 12:01 AM
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: South central Nebraska, US
Posts: 5,367
Originally Posted by purplemem
I have Hughes Net and am waiting for the day to get out of my contract. When I signed they told me it was one year. I wrote it on my calendar. When I tried to cancel after a year, they said they only have 2 year contracts, and I would have a $600 cancellation fee.
Every time it rains the satellite goes out for hours. Hughes Net monitors your internet usage and charges you extra each month you are "over" their acceptable limit. I started at $49 a month, now I pay on average $110 a month.
Downloads are faster than dial up but slower than DSL. They require you only download between 1 and 6 am, or you are charged more on your User time. A download is watching any video, including UTube or any tv show, etc. Not just music.
I suggest "no thanks".
Every time it rains the satellite goes out for hours. Hughes Net monitors your internet usage and charges you extra each month you are "over" their acceptable limit. I started at $49 a month, now I pay on average $110 a month.
Downloads are faster than dial up but slower than DSL. They require you only download between 1 and 6 am, or you are charged more on your User time. A download is watching any video, including UTube or any tv show, etc. Not just music.
I suggest "no thanks".
02-27-2011, 09:51 AM
#17
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NE Wisconsin
Posts: 1,351
The Hughes Net site that I looked at says that our daily limit of downloads is pretty high. If we were to reach that limit, we just get a lower speed. Still, not as slow as the dialup we currently have! They also give you a once-a-month code for using to keep the higher speed if you go over your limit.
Thanks for your input. Very informative.
Sue
Thanks for your input. Very informative.
Sue
02-27-2011, 10:01 AM
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Misssissippi
Posts: 3,196
Originally Posted by Pinkiris
The Hughes Net site that I looked at says that our daily limit of downloads is pretty high. If we were to reach that limit, we just get a lower speed. Still, not as slow as the dialup we currently have! They also give you a once-a-month code for using to keep the higher speed if you go over your limit.
Thanks for your input. Very informative.
Sue
Thanks for your input. Very informative.
Sue
The once a month code costs $10 every time you go over your limit.
My dh and I do not watch videos, tv, or download music. We still go over the limit every month about halfway through the month.
I did not have a choice, there was nothing else available. It IS better than nothing, I just find it very frustrating for the price I'm paying.
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