GWoP

You are on AMC 4.

I am thinking that SB is going to be losing the last transponder on that bird on March 31.

As for testing SB speeds here or on any other major speed testing site:

I noticed that starting the first week of last December SB had started redirecting speed test site requests through a gi-mongus proxy server located in Ca.

The IPs do not match.

In other words, the IP that this server sees is not the SB IP for my box nor is it the IP for SBs web accelator proxy server.

You may be able to get a clear line of sight to T 7 if the dish is moved to the top of your roof.

You can tell whether or not you can see T 7 by using a cheap compass.

From Lexington T 7 is at  241 degrees on a compass pointing at magnetic north.

The elevation is 26.3 degrees.

For every foot of length the rise is about 6 inches.

So a tree 100 feet away from your dish could be 50 feet or less in height without blocking the line of sight.

From what I've been told those who are on AMC 4 after the last day of this month will really be unhappy with their service.

T 7 is performing at an acceptable level right now but I expect that to degrade more and more as more people are moved from AMC 4 to it.

Ahh But, do I have to PAY to have it mounted on the roof, starband sez yes, I say thats BS, it was working fine where it was . Also, does the speed decrease if I stay on AMC4 mean breach of contract?

Hello All,

I have been a starband user for about 1 year.  Overall, I guess the service has been acceptable at best.  I live in rural areas of Central Kentucky and have no hope of DSL. cable or any telcom based internet access.  Ironically enough i moved here from LA and there is a wireless DSL service over 2.4ghz that I cant get either  because I am in a valley.

Anyways, to make a long story short, because my home is surrounded by thick trees, I can only be pointed at KA7. I went through tons of hurdles with Starband and the installer to get pointed to this receiver.  Now, they have alreayd scheduled that same installer to come out and repoint and he again told me it would not be possible. My signal is weak enough as it is.  He was supposed to relay that info to starband but they keep calling me and sending me emails that as of Feb 28, if i am not repointed i will experience "severe degredation in performance" which is pretty much a day to day occurance anyway for me.  I am wondering what Starband will do next week when this deadline passes.

I ran the test here and got decent  speed, but its touch and go always with Starband, so I dont consider what Im getting in terms of d/l speed to be what I was promised when I signed up.

Does anyone here think that this repoint issue constitues Breach of Contract if they cut me off without a repoint?