said by Spice300:gateway is instructing your modem to transmit at low power because
Considering it takes some 20 minutes or so for my SB2 to "connect" after a power cycle, and assuming, as
joebob42 suggested, that apparently SMTS determines an user's coding/modulation used for their SB2's uplink, then when an user's connect time takes longer on a clear day, it may be that user's SB2 unit is pre-programmed to use highest bit rate first, and then it works itself downward in coding/modulation formats until SMTS takes control of it.
If true, I'm wondering how service techs or even NRTC can evaluate which coding/modulation format is being used for coming to a judgment that a TRIA is defective. For instance,
NRTC claimed in May of 2012:
...NRTC members have returned only 82 SB2 units after 90 days into shipping and so far 20 of those have been found to have problems.
Did they contact ViaSat to see SMTS data, if available, or did they just install these TRIAs for testing, and said, "see these 62 TRIAs are fit for duty?"
If these "good" 62 TRIAs were using a lower bit rate, then they were defective, and NRTC screwed the pooch. And of course, consumers who received these defective TRIAs experienced slower uplink speeds, page waits, and stall-outs.
If all true above, then SB2's diagnostics ought to show coding/modulation info, and service techs need to be educated on this topic.