beentheredidit
@nttmil.net
| No QoS whatsoever
These networks that they're deploying and the ones that have already been there for a while have no QoS whatsoever. They are not only in Balad, but also in pretty much every "densely" populated base in the zone.
The bad part about this is that AAFEES/MCCS (the guys that contract the private services for the military members) sign contracts without requiring any kind of quality of service whatsoever, so soldiers/sailors/marines/airmen end up paying upwards of $80 a month for something that's about as fast as dial up and as reliable as a satellite phone inside of a tunnel. Worst part? These contracts are made for about a 10-year period, so our service members are stuck with a crappy provider that isn't really required to provide the service.
Let's not forget that most deployments out there right now are very short, and the provider's contract is very long, and there's really no way of telling the new guys that the service sucks (not that it matters, they'll get it anyway, cause there's nothing better out there). So these companies just see our military men and women as huge cash cows that will just keep dispensing money on demand since they have nothing else out there. |
