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FKKD

@direcpc.com

Hughes Satellite

1. Of the B/B ISPs in area (aDSL:Frontier, Cable:RoadRunner, Satellite:DirecPC, Hughes) --
Hughes is the most expensive, though slight fluctuations with specials for DirecPC and Hughes.
2. Best (but limited) DL is 350 Kbs; this is NOT sustainable. Typical is 60-70 Kbps.
3. I am unable to utilize DSL or Cable as their delivery area falls 2-miles short of my residence!!!So I am locked into the $atellite trip.
4. Latency can destroy some connectivity (eg, I cannot access my business network because latency is too high)
5. I can surf and send eMails fine....
6. Except when the new profit-tool from Hughes kicks in: Called "Fair Access Policy", it is a mechanism to keep usage minimal (surf and email) by penalizing significant usage( download large files...100-300 Mb, DL video, etc). FAP means your BW automatically, without warning, gets cut to effectively 0 (they turn off your connectivity) for 24-hours.
7. This does not affect duffers and little old ladies who do not use the internet seriously, but just for program and patch downloads, this is serious constraint of business....
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