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Review by micwa 
UPDATED: 77 days ago
member for 320 days, 40 visits, last login: 20 days ago
 Seminary,Covington,MS
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 "Up to advertised speeds, great tech support with an official help forum"
 "Not really "bad" as much as necessary -- but the FAP of course. Ping times are sometimes too high, even for satellite."
 "It is great for those with no high-speed alternative."
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January - September 2009
After having suffered with dial-up and then HughesNet’s (then DirectWay), grueling technical support, outrageous & pricy modem "upgrades" from 2005-08, non-advertised speeds, a 300MB DAILY cap -- WildBlue is a dream come true.
Ordering
I ordered the Select Pack January 2009 through »www.mybluedish.com, which who was VERY nice and helpful. They answered all of my questions honestly and thoroughly. WildBlue was having a special of a $99 installation (compared to ~$300). However I was informed upfront I would have to have a custom installation (which I already knew); which was a pole mount. I told them that I already had a pole [mount] outside left from HughesNet. The sales rep at mybluedish was not sure it would be up to WildBlue standards and would have to ask my local installation company for further information. When I asked them, luckily they said that it could be used, although the cables could not. Consequently, that saved me custom installation charge.
Installation
The installer came out the day after UPS shipped the equipment and begin working immediately. It took about a couple of hours to get it up and running. Before I ordered I had already been on the WB official forums asking what to expect and not expect from the installer, as a precaution. Pro Tip: Don’t believe an installer if he says you must wait 24 hours before you get your advertised speeds. WildBlue has been progressing to wean out these type of "installers" Of course my installer didn’t tell me that and even did a speed test result to prove my speeds before he left, as they SHOULD do. Thank god WildBlue has an official forum with active employees (and experienced volunteers & dealers) that provides support.
Service & Speeds
I have had no problems with the TRIA, modem, billing, or service to date. I’ve always gotten up to advertised speeds and even at times above advertised speeds with the exclusion of the general peak time slow down (late afternoons) – but only by 200kbps. It only "goes out" when there is a thunderstorm in the Line-of-site OR at my satellite’s gateway (mine being WB1 Duluth). Occasional showers (and even in the rare event of a snow fall here) has had no effect.
FAP
Wildblue’s FAP is more for my surfing needs (compared to the competitor), if that makes sense. It’s a 30 day rolling FAP, so what you do today will roll off in the next month (of the same day) if you don't exceed that day's amount. If you do go OVER 100% you are throttled down to ~128kbps and will most likely have no service during peak times (as clearly stated on their webpage and the contract you sign) until you drop below 80%. How long you are throttled depends on your surfing behavior the prior month. It is recommended that you use a 3rd party tool to monitor your usage in addition to checking with the usage page.
But you can't depend on WildBlue's (or whoever you purchased from) statistics, as it's not in real-time. I have noticed some users have purchased a router that records your usage better than programs like NetMeter. I have "hit" FAP 2 times since signing up, while on HughesNet it seemed to be a constant thing. At least WildBlue emails you once you exceed 80% of your usage. I understand why satellite (and WISP) ISPs must have such a policy. Although I do admit the current FAP limits can be dreary, esp. when there are enormous software updates/upgrades, driver updates, Xbox Live/PSN/game updates, movies/TV, online radio, YouTube (lol), etc. More detailed info is at »www.wildblue.com/fap
User Tools
WildBlue has user tools such as the Optimizer and Pulse. The Optimizer just configures your browsers to use the WildBlue proxy. It has its uses, but is known to cause problems with certain sites. The Pulse tool is new and still in beta. More info can be found here: »www.wildblue.com/pulse
Conclusion
Keep in mind that satellite internet is only for those with no alternative and you can NOT jump in expecting DSL/cable-like service. If you do, you will be disappointed and end up being, yet another, trying delusional complainer that plague these forums. If a friend’s only choice was either dial up or satellite, I would totally recommend WildBlue. Which would be icing on the proverbial cake, since Wildblue has a Refer a Friend program. 
-Mike
Also, check out »www.wildblueworld.com. WildBlue's OFFICIAL forum.
last updated 9-9-09
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Review by mrpepsi
UPDATED: 85 days ago
member for 3.5 years, 238 visits, last login: 85 days ago
Tulsa,Tulsa,OK
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"None"
"It's a horrible, unreliable service."
"It takes my money, and does nothing for me. It works about 40% of the time."
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Save yourself the trouble, find something else.
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Anderson, CA | You like the FAP? Is this sarcasm? I understand the need for a FAP but theirs is so poorly implemented. What is it you like about it? | |
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Seminary, MS | Poster above Poster above:
Yeah because a daily 300MB cap is a lot better.
HN's FAP is so complicated to understand, most people just give up and pray they don't go over. | |
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Review by pheasantDr
UPDATED: 89 days ago
member for 89 days, 0 visits, last login: 89 days ago
Hinton,Summers,WV
Contract price not specified.
"downloads are great - lots better than Hughes"
"uploads are extremely slow"
"if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you."
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Started with Hughes.. good to start then degraded to awful.
Tried Wldblue biggest load.$85/mo. Install took a while to coordinate due to boondocks location. Reinstalled to eliminate electrical interference.
Got good tech support and good results.
Getting around 1.5mb down but only 75 kb up.
Does my job.
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Hot Springs, NC
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| "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." Did you mean to say this?
"if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you."
I understand the browsing part, but I'd expect delays in online gaming and I'd expect to hit FAP pretty quickly watching movies online. Or has something changed? | |
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| Re: "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." said by jameswade :Did you mean to say this? "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." I understand the browsing part, but I'd expect delays in online gaming and I'd expect to hit FAP pretty quickly watching movies online. Or has something changed? Actually the only thing out of the three mentioned as "good" that I can actually see as being "good" would be movie watching.
With a 1.5 - 2.0 SECOND lag time (the time between requesting information and actually getting it), can you imagine an online news site that has to load ten stories and ten pictures? It would take a 40 seconds just asking for content! And for gaming? If it took me two seconds to notice someone standing in front of me with a gun and another two to try to shoot him... guess who wins?
At least with movies, it's streaming so you only have to ask for stuff once... but then you run into FAP issues like you said.
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| Re: "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." If we didn't have Internet access via cell site (EVDO) I'd definitely get satellite. And it would be Wild Blue.
I'm sure that I wouldn't be happy with it though!
From my experience email and light web browsing works fine as the latency only hurts when asking for things. When you ask for web site images you have the round trip delay of a second or two, but then page starts flowing in quickly.
What gets you interactivity like interactive web sites, gaming, VOIP, and VPN.
Streaming audio and video should work well until you hit the FAP.
said by billko :said by jameswade :Did you mean to say this? "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." I understand the browsing part, but I'd expect delays in online gaming and I'd expect to hit FAP pretty quickly watching movies online. Or has something changed? Actually the only thing out of the three mentioned as "good" that I can actually see as being "good" would be movie watching. With a 1.5 - 2.0 SECOND lag time (the time between requesting information and actually getting it), can you imagine an online news site that has to load ten stories and ten pictures? It would take a 40 seconds just asking for content! And for gaming? If it took me two seconds to notice someone standing in front of me with a gun and another two to try to shoot him... guess who wins? At least with movies, it's streaming so you only have to ask for stuff once... but then you run into FAP issues like you said. So I guess... it's good for nothing. | |
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Seminary, MS | Re: "if you're browsing/gaming/movie watching, it's for you." Satellite is only for those with no alternative.
Widlblue makes is quite clear on their website, that gaming, VoIP, VPN is NOT recommend and is not supported. | |
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| said by jameswade :If we didn't have Internet access via cell site (EVDO) I'd definitely get satellite. And it would be Wild Blue. I'm sure that I wouldn't be happy with it though! From my experience email and light web browsing works fine as the latency only hurts when asking for things. When you ask for web site images you have the round trip delay of a second or two, but then page starts flowing in quickly. What gets you interactivity like interactive web sites, gaming, VOIP, and VPN. Streaming audio and video should work well until you hit the FAP. Actually, even email is a drag if you get lots of email (equals lots of requests). 
But I know that sometimes satellite is the only thing available. I was in that boat for some time before DSL came available. | |
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4 edits | Monthly FAP policy I hope you know that there is a monthly FAP policy.
And if you go over it watching movies, you will be throttled back in speeds until you hit 70% of allowed monthly FAP MB limit. Which is about two weeks until return to full speeds, with very light use.
From WildBlue.com
Do you limit heavy bandwidth users?
Similar to other Internet Service Providers, WildBlue manages its network through a Fair Access Policy so that extraordinary usage by a few customers doesn't negatively affect the normal usage of other customers. For the vast majority of users, the Fair Access Policy has no effect on their usage. For a few very heavy bandwidth users who exceed the Fair Access Policy’s thresholds, the system will restrict their speeds until their usage falls below the threshold. See WildBlue's Fair Access Policy for details.
FAP policy. Link goes to a PDF.
»wildblue.com/legal/fair.jsp
And then the ping times or Lag is roughly about 1000ms(1 second), as per forum posters posts. Not very good for gaming for first person shooters. Possibly you may be on a less used beam? But on the more populated beams, ping times can rise when beam reaches users online saturation.
And no overnight FAP free time on WildBlue.
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join:2009-01-13
Seminary, MS
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| Re: Monthly FAP policy Everyone should already know that before signing up.
WB uses a 30 day rolling FAP. What you did a month today, will roll off. That doesn't mean it takes 2 weeks, sometimes it may take a day, sometimes a few days, sometimes a few weeks. It depends on what kind of usage you have been racking up.
Again, WB makes it clear that gaming, VoIP, VPN is NOT supported or recommended.
No overnight FAP and no daily 300MB cap.  | |
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 Review by btweenhills
UPDATED: 103 days ago
member for 3.7 years, 19 visits, last login: 103 days ago
Naples,Ontario,NY
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"no longer active"
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Review by cindy_black
Posted: 109 days ago
(review was emailed from domain hotmail.com)
Bainbridge Island,Kitsap,WA
Contract price not specified.
"Nice customer service people, but not helpful"
"Slow, 24 month contract, huge cancellation fees"
"Bad deal all the way around!"
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I am very disappointed with my Wild Blue experience. I bought the service for my daughter and son-in-law as a gift. I started with the basic service. When I visited them I couldn't believe how slow it was, basically just above dial-up. I decided to upgrade the service to "Pro" which is very expensive for the service you get. When I visited after the upgrade, it was faster, but still very slow compared to DSL. They now have to move due to job and school situations. The service contract is 24 months, which I is personally ridiculous in this day and age when people have to move more frequently. The cancellation fee is $15 times the months left on the contract. When I tried to move the service to the new location, they said it was free. I got transferred to another person who explained I would have to start a brand new contract for 24 months. I couldn't find that piece of information anywhere on their website. I said no way. I wrote and email to them explaining my situation and my frustration with their policies and service, but their response was pathetic and not customer friendly at all. The email looked like some canned response. What happened to treating customers with respect! Needless to say, I do not recommend this company and their services to anyone.
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Lodi, CA | BBB Contact the BBB and your states utilities commission.
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Winchester, VA | BBB is your friend in this case I agree, that is horrible and should not be tolerated by any means. Contact the BBB and they will get some sort of resolution for you. I've had to do it before and they work great. Good luck! | |
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Seminary, MS | Re: BBB is your friend in this case They are trying to compare DSL to satellite. That was the first mistake. They should have done research before signing a contract.
No the BBB is not your friend in this case, common sense should be. | |
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Review by reedsr12
UPDATED: 110 days ago
member for 1.7 years, 157 visits, last login: 6 days ago
Terre Haute,Vigo,IN
Contract price not specified.
"It provided internet"
"High Ping times, less than advertised speed, no service during bad weather"
"This service is a last resort, and by last resort I mean if there is no copper available for dialup"
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High startup costs, Ping times that varied up to 2,000ms and speeds that were less than a quarter of the advertised rates. Some of you will say but, but, the contract, and I say no service based business should be able to sell a service and only be obligated to provide so little. They are basically taking no responsibility for the quality of service while locking you in for the various terms.
Luckily my wildblue was subscribed to through Dish and the only saving grace for the whole ordeal is that I complained to the BBB and Dish released me from the wildblue obligation with no termination fees at about 6 months.
Since my original subscription to WB, EVDO has come available in my area and I have moved on to it.
I wish I had stayed with my dialup rather than subscribing to WB.
UPDATE:
Wildblue did attempt to insert a charge into my Dish bill a few months after canceling my account. I called them and told them I hadn't been a WB customer for months and they removed the charge but I am sure they would have accepted the payment and continued charging it if I wouldn't have caught it.
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Review by Cruiser98z
Posted: 112 days ago
member for 112 days, 1 visits, last login: 105 days ago
Cynthiana,Harrison,KY
Contract price not specified.
"A lot faster than dial-up, only option for rural living."
"Heavy rain/snow blocks the signal, lose connections."
"If dsl or cable not available, this is the best option."
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We had some trouble in the beginning, had a lot of down time. When we finally got someone out here who knew what they were doing, it improved 90%. The issue was
bad installation, and the cable run was way too long. Keep the cable run short, grounded correctly, and you should get good service. The technicians have a lot of tools available
to check your equipment, so don't let them b.s. you. We even get reception in a medium
rain now because it is set up right. Heavy rain/snow will block it out, but usually not for a very long time. I wasn't too crazy about how they handled phone calls in the beginning, but I've seen some improvement in that area. We get close to the speed we ordered, 1mb. I usually run 850 to 980 in speed test. I did some tweaking with the computer too, and that helped as well. Got rid of junk running in the background I didn't know was there. If we had only gotten a good install from the get go, I would give Wildblue a higher rating. I guess it's not really their fault, they can't watch each installer do his job. It only shows when you want to get on the net.
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Review by humboldt_CA
Posted: 141 days ago
member for 2.7 years, 76 visits, last login: 13 days ago
Redcrest,Humboldt,CA
Contract price not specified.
"decent download .8-1.3 (1.5 adv.)"
"terrible upload speeds 70-80 at best,(256 adv!!)"
"reliable,upload a ripoff!"
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much better than starband pro or hughes except for the upload,i purchased 256 and get 70 -80
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Review by dsvanp65
UPDATED: 161 days ago
member for 2.6 years, 28 visits, last login: 140 days ago
Eureka,Woodford,IL
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"OK for us country folks"
"too costtly for the speeds as compared with cable and DSL"
"If I had other options would not choose WB or any other satellite provider"
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I am a GOLD level subscriber at $70.00/month... Wildblue is turning out to be a joke. Their FAP (Fair Access Policy) is something which a potential subscriber should be aware of. They (WB) only provide a cheesy "gadget" for monitoring usage and it covers the most recent 30 days so the subscriber only sees a cumulative value and not a daily usage. I am currently in a dispute with them over some usage amounts. Thus far they have refused to provide me details of the usage. My wireless phone provider gives me a daily breakdown of calls and minutes used.
All this to say... let the buyer beware... I would definitely NOT be a Wildblue customer if I had any other option. In fact, they have ticked me off so much recently that I am seriously considering going back to dial-up
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 Review by Island Jeff
UPDATED: 164 days ago
member for 4.3 years, 1476 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Beaver Island,Charlevoix,MI
Contract price not specified.
"Solid connection, great installers, friendly helpful service"
"latency of wildblue traffic shaping, but still better than previous starband system"
"Doesn't hold a candle to dsl or wisp, but got me by when nothing else was available -great from 2005 until 2006 w/o shaping"
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After another maintenance event, raw speeds for larger files are again as advertised and quite good. Significantly for me, FTP is now working again which is a very very good thing and much appreciated as well. However secure sites are still noticeably slower than they were prior to 11/17 -- secure pages that were taking 10 seconds are now taking 30, which is a large drawback in my view. Also the doubled latency makes ssh very slow now so it's difficult to type much less correct a typo. I would currently recommend a wait-and-see approach: we know the wildblue hardware is capable of a very responsive and nice broadband system, but it seems the loading on Beam 17 is now too great and everything except non-secure http performance has been de-prioritized and there is not enough bandwidth to support activities other than non-secure site browsing and file transfers. I have high hopes that the new satellite will allow them to once again provide the truly wonderful system that wildblue was between September of 2005 and November of 2006.
PING google.com (72.14.207.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=237 time=1458 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=1191 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=1740 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=1305 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=237 time=1459 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=237 time=1685 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=237 time=1240 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=237 time=1168 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=237 time=1324 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=237 time=1211 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=10 ttl=237 time=1413 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=11 ttl=237 time=1188 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=12 ttl=237 time=1178 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=13 ttl=237 time=1728 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=14 ttl=237 time=1279 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=15 ttl=237 time=1209 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=16 ttl=237 time=1643 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=17 ttl=237 time=1187 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=18 ttl=237 time=1605 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=19 ttl=237 time=1735 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=20 ttl=237 time=1300 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=21 ttl=237 time=1191 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=22 ttl=237 time=1530 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=23 ttl=237 time=1168 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=24 ttl=237 time=1160 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
25 packets transmitted, 25 received, 0% packet loss, time 32029ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1160.896/1372.305/1740.754/205.001 ms
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November 17, 2006
On 11/17/2006 a firmware update was pushed to wildblue modems that reduced performance by 50% compared to the previous 13 months of service and introduced a number of glitches even browsing due to frequent stalls and 4,000+ ms pings. Until this problem can be resolved, I would not recommend a new wildblue install in this area.
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September 2005 until November 17, 20006
Midwest Energy ( »www.wild-blue.coop ) just finished my wildblue install today. After using starband for 3 1/2 years, I'm blown away.
Wildblue is awesome.
The installers were top-notch - very very smooth install and GREAT people to deal with! I can't thank Midwest Energy enough for an amazing job even in my difficult location!
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 239 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 29 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Sep 12 2005 16:12:38 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 35.31 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (123.148)
Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-UFRKYA4XC
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1555 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 190 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Sep 12 2005 16:10:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 28X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.39 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 2.71 % faster than the average for host (123.148)
Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-B2F1KTN8Z
I'm very very happy with both upload and download speeds. For $79 a month, it blows my previous staband $69/month system out of the water which was delivering ~450-510 down and 45-55 up plus required a windows computer to run the software.
I expected browsing, downloading, and uploading to be improved, but best of all, two things that I always had trouble on with starband, that I thought were just bad due to the high latency of any satellite connection, ssh and ftp, are working much better with wildblue! Much better! Secure sites are also performing 10x better than they did on starband - I can now use web control panels and online banking sites, shopping checkouts, and ebay without waiting an eternity for pages to load as on my previous satellite system.
Wildblue is very consistent for me right now:
ping -n 10 yahoo.com
Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=648ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=727ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=730ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=726ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=723ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=723ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=641ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=642ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=654ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=643ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 641ms, Maximum = 730ms, Average = 685ms
ping -n 10 google.com
Pinging google.com [216.239.37.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=682ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=600ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=600ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=695ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=680ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=679ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=678ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=645ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=644ms TTL=238
Reply from 216.239.37.99: bytes=32 time=603ms TTL=238
Ping statistics for 216.239.37.99:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 600ms, Maximum = 695ms, Average = 650ms
ping -n 10 boatdesign.net
Pinging boatdesign.net [67.19.227.229] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=642ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=606ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=603ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=644ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=646ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=604ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=605ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=615ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=654ms TTL=48
Reply from 67.19.227.229: bytes=32 time=646ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 67.19.227.229:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 603ms, Maximum = 654ms, Average = 626ms
What's interesting is that even with pings of 626-685 ms, ftp works much much better than it ever did with starband. The time between changing folders and getting the folder list is about 3x faster in wildblue. With starband it would often timeout before getting the remote folder list - with wilblue, no problem - click - it's there faster than the list was retrieved with dialup! (there's more latency obviously but the transfer speed makes up for it, and it works. With starband it would take 5x as long to get a simple folder list, with wildblue on a medium sized folder, it's a bit faster which is great!) Not sure how to explain this improvement, since the data being sent is small and one would think it would come down to latency, but somehow it just is much faster for me with ftp. Likewise, ssh lag seems noticably reduced when simply typing shell commands at the prompt. How? I'm not sure, but I have a wildblue system on one computer here and my old starband 360 system on the other, and there sure is a nice difference in favor of the wildblue system!
Thanks to Wildblue and Midwest Energy for a great system and GREAT service!!
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