[Shop-talk] Satellite Internet Service
David Hillman
hillman at planet-torque.com
Mon Aug 20 09:12:19 MDT 2007
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Elton E. (Tony) Clark wrote...
> *I have an ol' friend in the "outback" of wildest Vermont who can't get DSL
> or cable for his internet source and he's getting sick of "dialup" . . He's
> heard bad stories from someone on Hughes Satallite and I wonder if any of
> the astute collective wisdom of the "Shop Talk" list can comment on their
> experience with any of the satallite internet service providers . . *
> *We'll appreciate advice.*
I have all the equipment for Earthlink satellite internet service
gathering dust in my basement. You can have it for free, plus shipping.
That's a pretty accurate statement of my experience in sum. The
service started out great, and was blazingly fast ( 12mb/s ). So much so,
that when I later called to complain about it slowing down, no one at
Earthlink could belive how fast it *used to be*. Even after I sent them
saved copies of speed reports I'd done, they were gobsmacked.
Eventually, it slowed down to the point of being not worthwhile, and
the weather-related outages were a big problem, too. I still have
DirecTV, but have ditched the satellite for Comcast Cable Internet, and am
very happy.
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David Hillman
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