Help: Hughs.net or wildblue

[zwriter]

Okay,

We need to do something re: our satellite.
I need feedback regardin hughs.net vs wildblue.

Which one would you pick?
Do you have personal experiences with either or both?

A little help please.

 

[lidarkside]

You can probably compare the two here:

http://www.high-speed-internet-access-guide.com/hughesnet-satellite.html

http://www.high-speed-internet-access-guide.com/wildblue-satellite.html

 

[tharedhead]

That is kind of like asking do you want to get hit in the head with a hammer or a brick :laughing:

Are you sure there is no other service in your area? :scratch: You can often get wireless if you invest in an antenna

If you look at the various complaint boards its the same thing over and over-does not work, FAP...

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/hughesnet-c5091.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/comp...-policy-and-throttled-connections-c11580.html

 

[tharedhead]

http://www.high-speed-internet-access-guide.com/hughesnet-satellite.html

That one is funny!

Also, HughesNet has a Fair Access Policy, which will temporarily slow downloads after users exceed a certain threshold of usage during a month.

"Temporary" is actually like, 37 hours :laughing:

 

[anikka]

my parents have wild blue...haven't had great experiences.

As I'm sure you know satellite is relatively slow and is often affected by weather (including at times a cloudy day). My mom says never assume she has internet 'cause she never knows when it will be working.

 

[loren_brothers]

After reading this and your other post .... my only question is why on earth do you insist on using a satellite provider????

Why would you choose to pay way over 60+++ dollars a month for an Internet provider????*



I could understand it if you lived out in the wilds of Montana or Wyoming and the nearest telegraph pole was 18 miles away as the buzzard flies. But you don't! :scratch: :scratch: :scratch:



Is there a cell tower nearby? (TMobile would set you up with a cell connection antenna for less!)

Don't you folk have cable TV? (I've seen milking barns and outhouses with cable!)

Don't you have a telephone? (Reach out and touch an ISP)

Do you have electricity out in the calving shed??? (Maybe the coyote that lives down the ravine will let ya hack into his cable?)



Satellite connections "create a Vacuum" big time .... that is why nobody uses them ... unless they live in Montana, Wyoming, or BF Egypt (I don't think that is in California)

* Home 1.0 Mbps/128 Kbps $59.99
Pro 1.2 Mbps/200 Kbps $69.99
ProPlus 1.6 Mbps/250 Kbps $79.99
Elite 2.0 Mbps/300 Kbps $119.99
ElitePlus 3.0 Mbps/300 Kbps $189.99
ElitePremium 5.0 Mbps/300 Kbps $349.99

"With the Home service plan, you may enjoy increased download speeds of up to 1.0 Mbps, with typical speeds of about 550 Kbps to 650 Kbps during peak times. Upload speeds, which are capable of reaching 128 Kbps, are typically 70 Kbps to 80 Kbps during peak hours."

Amazing how the quoted speeds really aren't what you actually get ... EVER. And your upload speeds are just a touch over regular dial-up speed on a 56K(bps) modem! Things tend to operate at the speed of the "weakest" link"

 

[tharedhead]

Find service:
http://www.dslreports.com/search

 

[ktshome]

Good grief! I thought my internet was toooooo expensive, until I read one of the posts in here....

I receive my internet at 54 Mbps most of the time; when it's running slowly, 36 or 24 Mbps - and I get my (broadband) internet and cable TV from one company, Time Warner Cable. We have 5 TVs (2 with DVRs) and 3 computers, including 1 wireless (there are 4 adult people in our house, what can I say???!!!) and we only pay less than $120.00 for all of the services. Of course, we don't pay for HBO/Showtime or any extra "pay" TV.

:crazytongue:

Kate

 

[zwriter]

:wave:

Hello everyone.
Thanks for your response, will check out the links provided while I am on the road to Las Vegas.

Loren - boy do I hear you - I would not go with satellite at all if I was not forced to.

I love the seclusion of where we live but:

No cell tower nearby - we have to leave our property before our cell phone work
(we even tried to contact the company & see if they wanted to put a tower on our hill - but no)

No cable TV - we have, you guessed it - satellite tv.

We do have phone service, and tried dial up - but the lines so old it was very very very slow & unreliable.
Plus the tweakers come out at night and steal the copper all the time and then we are without phone service until they decide to come an fix it.

We have electricity, but opted to go with our own solar generated power for the most part.
(we also have our own well)

So I think I am stuck with satellite and boy that is expensive!
I wish we had dsl or some other option, but I don't know of any!

I have a live blog going on my site - come on by and see how my trip is going:

http://nascarracemom.blogspot.com/


Talk at you all soon.