holler
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The situation regarding the "satellite on the ground" has been discussed at length on various forums. There is undoubtedly a crossover point with the current Anik F2 satellite when service for current customers will begin to be affected by increasing usage, and the new satellite will be required to maintain a high level of service. The question arises as to whether WildBlue will be sufficiently assured that that they will recoup the huge investment that they'll have to make to get the satellite into the sky. Everything depends on market forces and WildBlue management. We'll keep our fingers crossed. In the meantime, I'm sure enjoying the service while Anik F2 still has plenty of capacity.well talking to the tech support at wild blue they told me they currently have 5000 customers and when i asked them about overselling there bandwidth there reply was "once business gets booming we have satellite on the ground just waiting to be shot up.DirecWay biggest problem is there FAP weither you get the home or professional you have a 169 or 350mb limit within 4hrs
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Before changing to WildBlue, I'll probably wait until I see some speed tests from people with the new DW7000, and I should probably wait until Blue has some more customers.
Probably a smart move. For you, the only potential advantage to change now is that if you can get an installation through a local RECC, you won't have to pay the installation cost.
Oh, I'm sure that they can. Of course, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they won't.Let's see if they can manage to oversell their bandwidth also.
So far, the service is dynamite--except for the Vonage problem.
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Pro Pak. See http://www.wildblue.com/forYourHome/index.jsp for prices and specs.thats cool what package do you have?
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I've had WildBlue for nearly two weeks, and it is excellent. Upload, download, and pings (ca. 600 ms) are as advertised. See my recent stats here: https://testmy.net/personal_stats.php?user_name=holler&m=08&d=28&Y=2005i have been hearing on the radio about this new satellite internet company called WILD BLUE does any one use them?talking to them they seem to have a far much better Fair Access Policy then DirecWay. Same speeds and all 512/50Kbps for 49.99 but instead of a 169mb limit within 4hrs they offer a 10gig per month limit before they cut your speed back.so if anyone uses there service let me know how good or bad it is.thanks
The speed is down a bit today, but I'm operating in a thunderstorm. There is one caveat: Vonage doesn't work on WildBlue, at least for most folks. If you are accustomed to other broadband services, the latency may be a bit hard to get used to, but it is minimal; in fact, I'm amazed at how quick it is with, for example, Remote Desktop or VPN. The FAP seems quite reasonable so far. After two weeks of using the sytem constantly, I've barely touched my quota for the month. I'm ecstatic about WildBlue.
I have three neighbors who also have WildBlue, and they are as high on it as I am.
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Super, thanks.Hey holler, how are ya doin?
Thanks again.Welcome to testmy.net!
Will do. I've been wearing out the site with testing.Be sure to tell all your friends about the site!How is the service, do you see your advertised speeds and have their been any hiccups or growing pains so far? If so, please elaborate, if you don't mind of course. I am assuming yes, but just curious as to what kind.All stats are right on the WB Pro spec--when I'm connected directly to the modem and when I shut down firewalls and on-access virus protection (momentarily, of course
). Pings are typically in the range of 560-760 ms and average around 650 ms with an occasional outlier of about double that. You can check out today's stats at:https://testmy.net/personal_stats.php?user_name=holler&m=08&d=23&Y=2005
Sorry there aren't more, but for most of the last week (registered 8/16) I've been testing and forgetting to log in. I've had little in the way of growing pains except stuff related to setting up the router, but that didn't take long. For example, I had forgotten to enable NAT at first. Some people complain about latency, but after 15+ years of waiting on dialup, it's been very easy to get accustomed to.
I'm a very happy camper indeed.
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Yes, indeed, I do see a speed difference with Avast! It's essentially all on the upload, however. About a 20% decrease in upload speed with Avast! on. I'm on a WildBlue sat system, so my download (<=1.5 Mbps) is about 6X upload (<=256 kbps) anyway.
So far, the service is dynamite--except for the Vonage problem.
). Pings are typically in the range of 560-760 ms and average around 650 ms with an occasional outlier of about double that. You can check out today's stats at:
Avast! On Access Protection
in Make it Faster...
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[tt] Up Up Down Down
Av! Off Av! On Av! Off Av! On
204 167 1541 1368
196 175 1510 1374
189 205 1527 1372
182 214 1570 1373
176 213 1556 1339
207 178 1567 1374
179 182 1569 1356
190 184 1532 1378
212 211 1546 1301
195 189 1557 1358
Mean 193 191.8 1547.5 1359.3
Standard Error 3.833 5.515 6.344 7.476
Median 193 187 1551 1370
Standard Deviat 12.120 17.441 20.062 23.641
Sample Variance 146.889 304.178 402.500 558.900
Kurtosis -1.098 -1.701 -0.511 4.049
Skewness 0.147 0.151 -0.604 -1.980
Range 36 47 60 77
Minimum 176 167 1510 1301
Maximum 212 214 1570 1378
Sum 1930 1918 15475 13593
Count 10 10 10 10
CL(95.0%) 8.67 12.48 14.35 16.91[/tt]
I misspoke before; it is the download that is about 12% slower with Avast! on at these speeds in my environment (WildBlue). All numbers obtained using testmy upload (579 kB) and download files (2992 kB) with the Windows Firewall turned off.