cubcadet
@wildblue.net
| Just had Wildblue installed To replace my 3 year old Hughesnet system.I did not have anything against Hughesnet until it needed service and was having trouble getting support.So when I found a local installer for Wildblue and could get it through Dishnetwork all on one bill I decided to switch. | |
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cubcadet
@wildblue.net | Re: Just had Wildblue installed I was registered at Dishmail.net?So I have no idea if I need to register at Wildblue?Do I get my information from the Dishmail site because I sighned up through dishnetwork.Or do I need to still register with Wildblue? | |
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| | Spice300
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join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed I think opus74 was referring to registering at this site, BBR.
Since you got WB service via Dish Network, Dish Network provides your billing and support. The Wildblue site is for Wildblue direct customers.
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cubcadet
@wildblue.net
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed OK I will register thanks.Does Wildblue have away to check things like signal strenght.I do not get much information from Dishnetwork or Wilblue as of yet.Probably takes awhile to get into there system.Has only been up and running about 7 hours or so.But so far I am happy with it.Would like to no signal strength and what bird im on and things like that.Does not seem to have a Control panel sight like Hughes did? | |
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| | | | Spice300
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join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed As far as I know Dish Network does not provide a way for the user to access his signal levels. One must ask an installer to use the SVT (Service Visibility Tool) and report the values to you.
Since you are a new customer you are probably using the satellite Wildblue-1 (WB-1). Also it would be wise to determine which spot beam and gateway you are using. If you have a connectivity problem, the first things to check are your weather and the weather at your gateway because bad weather can cause problems with satellite Internet. If you do not know your spot beam, I can probably figure it out if you post your ZIP code or the name of a nearby city and its state.
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Value Pack, beam 31, Riverside gateway | |
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join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL | Re: Just had Wildblue installed My zipcode is 60420 | |
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Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
1 edit | Assuming you are using the satellite WB-1, Dwight, IL is covered by spot beam 114 and uses the Laredo Gateway in Laredo TX. The other less likely possibility is spot beam 27 of the satellite Anik-F2 which uses the Winnipeg Gateway. You can find links to radar maps of the gateways in the sticky thread, Weather at Wildblue NOC's, located on BBR's Wildblue forum page.
Beam 114 is popular and probably suffers from prime time slowdown, that is, slow upload and download speeds from about 5 pm to 11 pm on weekdays.
A good site to run speed tests on Wildblue Internet is Test My Network. If you have the Value Pack (Dish Network calls it the Bronze package), I suggest using the 1024 kB file size for download and the 579 kB file for upload. If the testing file size is too small, the result will be inaccurate. Here are my results while using the Cheyenne proxy for Anik-F2:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 674 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 82 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/04/12 - 10:26pm MDT
Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 12.49 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 12.307 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 84.04 % of your hosts average (230.36)
D-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-NOWKH04BM
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Upload Connection is:: 127 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 16 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/04/12 - 10:29pm MDT
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 64 sec
Tested from a 579 kB file and took 37.313 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 9.48 % faster than the average for host (230.36)
U-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-0HJPIM1QY
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| cubcadet
join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed I just have the basic package dishnetwork calls it the silver package.$49.95 if I jump to the next middle pack it would jump to $69.95 I hope to just stay where I am but if I would gain a lot I would upgrade?Would there be a big differance in speed for what they claim?If I read it right it should be about twice as fast? | |
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| | cubcadet
join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed :::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 752 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 92 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/04/14 - 10:17am
Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 11.13 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 11.032 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 85.07 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net)
D-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-N3WCU6Q4F
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; GTB5; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 3.1) [!] | |
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| | William
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join:2007-09-22
Washougal, WA
| said by cubcadet  :Would there be a big difference in speed for what they claim?If I read it right it should be about twice as fast? Not twice a fast. I have the select pak (next one up) and usually see up to 1000K down, up to 200K up, pretty much as advertised. | |
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join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL | Re: Just had Wildblue installed How about when things are slower?Example if I only get 300 rather then 700 at times.If I upgraded would that mean my slow times would increase?Or is it when weather or heavy traffic what ever causes it to slow it would just be the same way Slow! | |
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| | | | William
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join:2007-09-22
Washougal, WA
4 edits | Re: Just had Wildblue installed Slowness from weather/traffic/beam you are on, I really don't know.
Today here for example we are getting snow, wet snow at that, and if there is enough on the dish that will interfere for some sluggish browsing, snow on a little white peice (see arrow on attached photo). | |
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| | | | Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| If your beam has prime time slowdown, according to reports the middle and top package are especially slow during such times. The bottom package does not slow down as much. Since the latency is the same with all packages, browsing does not improve much with the higher speed packages, but downloading and uploading files improves.
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join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL | Re: Just had Wildblue installed Sounds like I might as well stick with the basic package.Thats OK for me and is what I had with Hughesnet.So I can use the lower monthly price to my advantage | |
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join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed After 6 full days with Wildblue.So far not to bad I have used it a lot during the 6 days.Speed has been very good so far with only 2 slow times.I did have my first outage tonight Friday at around 11pm CDT and Texas was getting a storm according to the Weather channel.So I must get my service from Larado Texas?Came right back as fast as it left.But it storms a lot in Texas in the summer!Overall so far so good. | |
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| | | | | | | Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed said by cubcadet :I have used it a lot during the 6 days. Be careful not to overdo it with your new toy. Watch your usage meter and remember that no usage will subtract off your meter for the first 30 days. | |
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ogamawab
join:2009-03-26
Hinckley, MN | Should of invested in EVDO - Service provider is Millenicom which uses Verizon/Sprint cell towers and services for internet access. Device used Pantech UM175. A&TT not so bad also. Wireless internet is the future... | |
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| cubcadet
join:2009-04-12
Dwight, IL
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed 7%-4% usage after a week I think im safe from FAP I do not download a lot.
EVDO sounds OK if only a Cell phone worked in this area without a droped signal.There for it would be as worthless as a cell phone.It might get a signal but more then likley it will not. | |
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jaded
join:2009-06-25 | I've had Wild Blue installed by dish network..Had it less than a week...
I am currently on the silver package...I tested my speed and it said it was 150,005 KB Is this the speed it is suppose to be.
Thank you
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| Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed Run the speed tests at Test My Network, copy and paste here the results from the text box near the bottom of the results page. It will give us the information we need to evaluate the speed of your system. For comparison here are my results with the download speed being a little slow and the upload speed excellent:
Using Riverside proxy for the satellite Anik-F2:
Weather: cloudy, breezy
Weather at Riverside gateway: Doppler radar shows light to moderate rain
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 447 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 55 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/06/25 - 5:12pm MDT
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 18.62 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 18.557 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 58.43 % of your hosts average (224.58)
D-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-KGOY6T3ZQ
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; ffco7) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Upload Connection is:: 125 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 15 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/06/25 - 5:14pm
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 68.27 sec
Tested from a 579 kB file and took 37.914 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 46.13 % of your hosts average (224.58)
U-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-W81X0T9FK
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| | jaded
join:2009-06-25
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed conditions are very cloudy Your connection is: 461 Kbps or 0.5 Mbps
You downloaded at: 56 kB/s
You are running: 8 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 18.29 second(s)
Member Ident: CompID:11200582642
Test Time:: 2009/06/26 - 1:14pm
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Test ID: Y4S1E8NLB (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: May need help : running at only 59.95 % of your hosts average (80.50)
This was tested from a 512 kB file and took 9.095 seconds to complete | |
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| | jaded
join:2009-06-25
| Your connection is: 53 Kbps or 0.1 Mbps
You uploaded at: 6 kB/s
You are running: 1 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 170.67 second(s)
Member Ident: CompID:11200582826
Test Time:: 2009/06/26 - 1:21pm
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Test ID: IYRJ0V1MH (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: May need help : running at only 47.32 % of your hosts average (80.52) | |
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| | | Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed conditions are very cloudy Dish Network's Silver Package is the same as Wildblue's Value Pack (the one I have) making our tests comparable. For our packages:
maximum download speed: 512 kbits/second
maximum upload speed: 128 kbits/second
Your download speed is good at 90% of the maximum.
Your upload speed is slow at 41% of the maximum.
There are a few tests you can run to investigate why your upload speed is slow, but before I can give suggestions I need to know which spot beam and gateway you are using. If you do not know, I can probably figure it out if you tell me when you got service from WB and either your ZIP code or the name of a nearby town that is large enough to be on a map.
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Value Pack, beam 31, Riverside gateway | |
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join:2009-06-25 | Re: Just had Wildblue installed conditions are very cloudy WB was set up on June 20
zip 45631 | |
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| | | | | Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed conditions are very cloudy In Gallipolis, OH you are probably using beam 125, Syracuse gateway and the satellite WB-1. This beam is popular and has been reported to suffer from prime time slowdown.
Whenever you have problems with your WB connections check the weather at the Syracuse gateway in addition to your local weather. Bad weather at either location can cause problems with your WB system. Since Doppler radar shows some light to moderate rain in Syracuse, NY, this could be the cause of your slow upload speed. After the weather clears, run a speed test to see if your upload speed improves.
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jaded2528
| Re: Just had Wildblue installed conditions are very cloudy Thank you..I will as soon as the weather clears.. | |
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| Re: Wild BLue is very slow today Your connection is: 154 Kbps or 0.2 Mbps
You downloaded at: 19 kB/s
You are running: 3 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 53.89 second(s)
Member Ident: CompID:11200582642
Test Time:: 2009/07/09 - 4:06pm
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Test ID: O8N4T27VI (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: May need help : running at only 20.1 % of your hosts average (80.50)
This was tested from a 512 kB file and took 27.294 seconds to complete
Your connection is: 88 Kbps or 0.1 Mbps
You uploaded at: 11 kB/s
You are running: 2 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 93.09 second(s)
Member Ident: CompID:11200583009
Test Time:: 2009/07/09 - 4:08pm
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Test ID: O7WLZ4BKF (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: May need help : running at only 82.24 % of your hosts average (80.54)
This was tested from a 386 kB file and took 36.031 seconds to complete | |
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| | | | | | | | Spice300
Premium
join:2006-01-10
| Re: Wild BLue is very slow today Now your download speed is slow at 30% of advertised while your upload speed is improved at 69%. The results show that you conducted the test at ~4:06 pm but do not indicate the time zone.
Do these slow speeds occur during specific times of day? As I mentioned earlier beam 125 is known to suffer from prime time slowdown. Between ~5 pm and ~11 pm local time on weekdays many WB users access the Internet simultaneously causing the speeds to slow down. If your speeds are good at other times of the day or on weekends and holidays, then prime time slowdown is likely the cause. There is no solution to prime time slowdown other than using WB during less busy times. Run speed tests at different times of the day and compare the results to check for this possibility.
If your speeds are slow outside of prime time while the weather is clear, then something may be wrong with your system, such as a misaligned dish. There are some tests you can run to investigate this possibility too.
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jaded2528
| Made a mistaje when I wrote that post yesterday.
File size 150,005KB
500kbps
Is this about right for the Wild Blue Silver package? | |
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