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 Review by Luvfishin 
UPDATED: 129 days ago
member for 8.2 years, 2252 visits, last login: 4 days ago
 St George Brant,ON
 Contract price not specified.
 "Faster than dialup"
 "Still costly and latency as with all satellite net services"
 "Am not very happy overall (costly and slow)"
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Update on November 12/09:
Finally dumped Xplornet. They are getting worse daily.
I signed up with a new wireless company here called Silowireless and am extremely happy. It's snappy and fast. I'll write a review asap.
I replaced my Direcway (Lincsat) with the new Telesat ka from Xplornet (formerly Lincsat) here in Canada. I simply wanted faster speeds and I certainly got that. It is costly, but I have no other choices. However, I am getting a 1mb d/l service with 256kbps u/l for the same price as my old 500 d/l and 50 u/l.
The only catch is the equipment (dish and modem cost $699.00 and install was $300.00) as it requires all new equipment and does not use any of the old Direcway equipment.
Install and setup took about 2 hours and it was a breeze. My dealer here always treats me well and does a great job.
Tech support is a phone call away and I have not needed them.
Connection seems better in rain/snow and no problems so far.
Value for the money is of course a toss up. I am in an area where I have no choice; and to compare satellite to cable or dsl is almost unfair. However, it could be less costly and monthly rates could be less. I pay $89.99/month plus tax and it is much better value than the Direcway which was identically priced.
So far, so good and I'll do an update in a while.
Speeds are averaging around 950 down and 250 up with bursts of up to 1.4 mb down and 380kbps up.
*Update* Upgraded on Feb 6/06 to 1.5mb down, 300 up and and impressed. Averaging 1200 down/300up and solid in lousy weather. No networking/router issues at all. Expensive, but my only option. Xplornet email doesn't want to work with my Yahoo...humm...tech was not helpful. Am using "forwarding email" to get my Xplornet mail.
*Update* Update on May 18/08 and am still getting the 1.5/300 KaBang service which is getting slower and for $149.00/month should be poppin'! Am told their sat space is overcrowded, but who knows. I have relocated my dishes to a very nice stainless pole mount (added new picture). I sure wish I was a wee bit closer for DSL as the satellite is very costly.
*Update* Update on March 11/09 and was getting unhappy as the KaBang service got slower and I was not happy. I downgraded to KaZoom 1/256 and pay $99.00 with no contract. (I don't want a contract as I'm hoping to bail, if I can) I really don't notice much difference and am saving $50.00/month. This service is a ripoff and I'm looking at some other options such as local wifi if I can get it here.
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