Satellite > WildBlue Satellite > [Exede] HN7000S -> Exede questions.

[Exede] HN7000S -> Exede questions.

I called Exede Friday, and I was up this morning. It was just installed right on the old pole. Of course I am a satellite weeny. So I uninstalled the Hughes, while the installer put the other dish together. It was over and done with in an hour. I am having no problems on the Exede 12 plan.

You can prepay the lease and save $40.00 for the lifetime of the contract. My costs came to 249.99 I think. The 199.99 prepaid lease fee, and the 49.99 set up fee. That was with a 100.00 discount rebate.

I use a Netgear router and he went right to work. I set up all the emails I need, and I even have the MFC Brother machine set up with its own email and that is working now too.

I wanted the FAP free time as well. I knew, that if I had speed, I would want to use it, without fear of that dreaded FAP.

I have been testing my speeds at the Xfinity site. I have broke 12Mbps down, and also broke 3Mbps up too. I think it is working pretty good for us today.

And I hope it is not just a new broom, you know how that goes right?

Can you run a testmy.net download test and paste it for me ? I am in Gilmer, Texas BTW.

reply to Name141
Also what's your latency? Pinging google.com [74.125.225.130] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 74.125.225.130: bytes=32 time=956ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.225.130: bytes=32 time=995ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.225.130: bytes=32 time=934ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.225.130: bytes=32 time=1012ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 74.125.225.130:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 934ms, Maximum = 1012ms, Average = 974ms

reply to Name141
Gilmer, Texas looks like it is serviced by spot beam 339 and the gateway in Tornillo, TX. Ideally you should find someone using this spot beam to check the performance that you would likely receive.

If you can get Exede through an NRTC, they have a 10 GB/month package for $49.99 / month plus the lease fee.

NRTC ?

We have DISHNetwork as our TV provider, they said they could give me a 10 GB deal but only a 5 Mbps option... and the idiot didn't know anything about download limits, GBs, etc.. So I told him no and hung up.

reply to Name141

It seems like I need to get it directly from Excede and not DISHNetwork, etc.

But what is this "NRTC member" stuff ?

reply to Name141
NRTC = National Rural Telecommunication Cooperatives. Traditionally they are the co-op (not for profit) organizations that provided electric to rural America. Now some of them offer Exede.

Anyhow, IMHO, if you can get Exede from a NRTC, do so. You can get 10GB for the same price as 7.5GB from Viasat AND you get the LNFZ. Hard to beat that deal.

do they offer a higher package? 7.5 just aint gonna cut it I don't think. 10 .. maybe.. Right now I get 14.something GBs (not that I use it) daily from hughesnet.

I was really looking in to the 15 GB package.

reply to Name141
Exede-12 using the satellite Viasat-1 should be available in Gilmer, Texas. As far as I know, Exede-5 and Exede-12 areas do not overlap, so there is no choice about which one they can sell you.

I actually want service in Pittsburg, Texas (Camp County). I guess that doesn't really matter seeing as it's just a few miles away. Anywho, from what I can tell I'll be paying $10 more a month due to the 9.99 equipment rental.

edit: is there any silly stuff ? credit checks ? blah blah.. like DirecTV or DISHNetwork tries to pull when you get their service ? "HerpDerpSalesMan: Duh... you got no credit. duh.. We gonna charge you $400 then give it back $50 a month.. duh.."

That location is close to the edge of the spot beam, but it would be either spot beam 339 or 331 which both provide Exede-12.

There is a 24 month service commitment which you can buy out of at some fraction of the remaining term.

Exede and Wildblue have a Network Management Policy (NMP) that slows the speeds during periods of congestion. On Wildblue's Value Pack it makes downloading and streaming perform poorly, but there may not be as much of a problem on Exede-12 because it is much faster. If you stop transferring data, your speed is restored in 30 minutes to an hour. The NMP probably will not be active during the LNFZ because it is not prime time. For me the NMP stopped triggering last spring but returned last summer.
--
Wildblue Value Pack, beam 31, Riverside gateway

I figure there wont be much downloading going on with a tiny 15 GB cap lol. (other than during the free period).

reply to Name141
You might be surprised on your usage. I had the highest package on Wildblue Legacy (17GB down/5GB up) per month. Now with Exede I am averaging 7.5GB/month (up and down combined). The main difference is the LNFZ. I just wait until after midnight to do software downloads, updates, etc.

You can always start out with the 10GB plan (if you go with the NRTC package)...and then upgrade if you need to. The cost of the 15GB plan is the same when you buy from Viasat or the NRTC. I wouldn't even consider the 25GB. I think Exede then becomes cost prohibitive and if you don't need the LNFZ, Hughesnet Gen4 becomes the better value.

reply to Name141

reply to OldSatUser
I do need the "LNFZ" . I think ANYONE that actually uses the internet would..

Exede 12 is available at your zip code: »www.exede.com/internet-packages-···ip=75686

But, call that NRTC number and see if one of the surrounding counties offers NRTC's Exede.