Comments on: The Downside of Satellite Internet http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/ Web Development Help and Tutorials Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-10297 Jeff Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:44:16 +0000 http://htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-10297 Nature of the beast! Satellites are not cheap to put into orbit and the Wildblue/Hughes model is to cram as many people on them as possible to make the monthly rates as low as possible. Guess what - you get what you pay for! If you need Satellite Internet for business, I would strongly advise against Hughes or Wildblue and go with more of a professional grade of bandwidth like http://www.groundcontrol.com which has many options that will not slow you down if you reach your limit, you just pay overages. If your business relies on the connection at least you can keep working. It is not cheap compared to the other consumer grade, but if your business is contignent on higher speeds, it is a necessary evil. Nature of the beast! Satellites are not cheap to put into orbit and the Wildblue/Hughes model is to cram as many people on them as possible to make the monthly rates as low as possible. Guess what – you get what you pay for! If you need Satellite Internet for business, I would strongly advise against Hughes or Wildblue and go with more of a professional grade of bandwidth like http://www.groundcontrol.com which has many options that will not slow you down if you reach your limit, you just pay overages. If your business relies on the connection at least you can keep working. It is not cheap compared to the other consumer grade, but if your business is contignent on higher speeds, it is a necessary evil.

]]> By: Elle http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-9083 Elle Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:12:55 +0000 http://htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-9083 DO NOT opt for Hughes. The price is prohibitive and the service abysmal. And they, unlike WildBlue, are not required to warn you when you are nearing the threshold. We're with Hughes and are actually considering moving (yes, our actual home!) because we're so frustrated with their service. Nothing else but dial-up and satellite is available here, including wireless. DO NOT opt for Hughes. The price is prohibitive and the service abysmal. And they, unlike WildBlue, are not required to warn you when you are nearing the threshold.

We’re with Hughes and are actually considering moving (yes, our actual home!) because we’re so frustrated with their service. Nothing else but dial-up and satellite is available here, including wireless.

]]> By: Walt http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-7573 Walt Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:53:53 +0000 http://htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-7573 Stay away from Hughes if you can. It's slower than hell at the best of times and you more or less can't download torrents at all...that is they come in at about 1KB/s... Stay away from Hughes if you can. It’s slower than hell at the best of times and you more or less can’t download torrents at all…that is they come in at about 1KB/s…

]]> By: BlueMan http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-6600 BlueMan Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:19 +0000 http://htmlcenter.com/blog/the-downside-of-satellite-internet/#comment-6600 I could understand them not being able to send an email right away since it seems like you used a fair amount of data at one time, but it definitely is strange that they did not send an email after the fact. Here is a little bit more about the FAP for those interested: http://www.mybluedish.com/fair-access-policy.htm I could understand them not being able to send an email right away since it seems like you used a fair amount of data at one time, but it definitely is strange that they did not send an email after the fact. Here is a little bit more about the FAP for those interested: http://www.mybluedish.com/fair-access-policy.htm

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