http://www.dslreports.com/forum/If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20907752 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:49 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20910161
They DO NOT like sharing out side of the serviced address.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20910161 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:25:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908251 said by jc1350:

I'm too far for DSL and the only reason I don't have cable is they refuse to service my part of the street. It's only 1/2 mile away on one side of my home, and 1/4 mile away the other. they simply ignore us. Not even the courtesy of a rejection letter. I won't even start about FiOS and Verizon's cherry-picking. Just keep giving more service to those who already have it and continue to ignore the areas you have ignored. That's fine.

yeah. I'm bitter. :)
We've had Verizon FiOS terminals and cabling installed for over a year - still no service offering. I don't think its cherry-picking. Instead, you're talking about a national forklift-upgrade for 30,000,000 customers, using somewhat unproven STB's and troublesome MDU installs. It will take a while to get done, and get the bugs out.

I don't envy you having to rely on EVDO and/or satellite, but with only 9 neighbors, in the boondocks, I don't think its very realistic to expect priority treatment either.

Why not get to know your neighbors 1/4 mile away, and set up a WiFi link from their cable modem? (Perfectly legit if you're on FON and TimeWarner).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908251 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:01:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908245 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908245 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:00:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908224 said by jc1350:

From what I've read recently, Wild Blue is having capacity problems of their own.Not sure how that can be since they launched their own new satelite no too long ago and they says they now have capacity for 640,000 customers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908224 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:57:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908013
I had Hughesnet when it was DirecWay. The service started off ok, but after a year it was garbage. As soon as my contract was up, I dumped it for Verizon Wireless EVDO. Now I can actually do useful things like connect to my company's VPN (can't do that with satellite...not reliably anyway).

Of course I'm especially bitter because I'm too far for DSL and the only reason I don't have cable is they refuse to service my part of the street. It's only 1/2 mile away on one side of my home, and 1/4 mile away the other. My neighbors and I even signed a letter/petition stating we would gladly pay for the cable, but they simply ignore us. Not even the courtesy of a rejection letter. I won't even start about FiOS and Verizon's cherry-picking. Just keep giving more service to those who already have it and continue to ignore the areas you have ignored. That's fine.

yeah. I'm bitter. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20908013 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:17:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20907752
I'm sure this new 5 Mbps tier will cost around $250. How do they think REAL people can afford that? I think it's sad I can get 10 Mbps from Charter for $50 and poor souls living a few miles away have to pay outrageous prices for 5 Mbps internet AND have crappy caps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/If-I-had-to-have-satelite-20907752 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:33:29 EDT