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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
3 edits | reply to BF69
Re: Satelite sucks might as wells tick with dial-up Wild Blue doesn't have the capital Verizon does and until satellites are in orbit, set up and integrated, they aren't part of any capacity. These deployments take time, a lot of it.
As for 200MB a day, yeah I use more than that on occasion when I'm illegally downloading XBOX 360 and Wii images from the usenet so what? I likely use more than you do. I'm sure there is someone somewhere who uses more than I do. It's completely irrelevant.
What you're suggesting is that a guy buys an LS430 expects the same performance as someone who buys a Corvette and bitches when his car doesn't do 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. They're different cars for different purposes. Satellite HSI was meant for very casual use where people want a bit more speed, not be tying up a phone line etc and if you aren't a casual user don't buy it. And who am I to say it? Someone who actually had DRS and actually READ Hughesnet and Wild Blue's product pages and TOS/AUP before commenting about them.
If someone just has gotta DL more than 200MB a day every day, let them start a WISP. That my my neighbors did before we had cable, DSL or fiber here.
And yes, a casual user who grabs software updates (eg Windows Updates), surfs and sends and receives email will do it faster on satellite. How do I know this? Because I actually HAD it.
Use your head, even the most flash intensive websites aren't that big, but are big enough to be painfully slow on 19.2-28.8K baud dial up. For these users satellite is great. Who it is not great for is most online gaming and people downloading a lot of stuff every day. And both of the major satellite providers make this perfectly clear. |
