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I have access to Charter cable here along with Direcway. At our other location I have SBC DSL and Charter cable. The speeds drop off during peak times on all my ISP providers. As the number of subscribers to any ISP increases traffic will be backed up. A satellite connection in a remote area is worth to me many more times than I'm paying. Sat telephones are typically $300 a month or more and at peak times they back up also. Individual government sat connections are all more expensive per month more than Direcway. If you want an ISP in an area where nothing else is available be prepared to pay the price. If not, don't sign the DW contract and if you do sign common sense warns you to read it carefully.

I was paying over $100 bucks a month just to have a local ISP dialup. If you want to live in the boonies and play you have to pay.. Here's some initial info on the 7000 series from HNS, but no prices yet.. http://www.hns.com/HNS/Doc/0/5F0I8TN7UDL43FTM3LTA683SE9/DW_EntServPlan_042905_LR.pdf

I've had similar experiences to scooterz56. Couldn't agree more..

Just the opposite for me and cable is here. I tried Charter but, because of slow speeds plus down time I stuck with Direcway. My neighbor still has Charter and I keep track of how it's doing, it hasn't improved much..

I'm not. I will be renewing my contract with a DW7000 modem...

Mega bucks business plan. 2 locations with a 1 meter dish. 4000 and 6000 and some of those were uncapped. Here's the 6000 a few minutes ago. I always try to use the 2992 size test here. Some of my "average" on testmy.net were using dialup for a comparison so that's why the average is down. I'm using a Mac UNIX system.. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 125 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 15 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Thu May 05 2005 07:13:35 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 68.27 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 197.62 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-AHSWPV6OG

Hi Sparks, Wouldn't it be a good idea to check my stats and verify WHERE they come from before making blind allegations? Blinded by hate for DirecWay is usually

HUH?

My 30 day stats are 1243 Kbps and 276 Kbps.. You won't find me whining about DW..

Complaining about Direcway is like moving out to the boonies and whining about the commute back to the city , high cost of fuel, congested traffic, etc.. I

Of course, after the installer leaves you need to be smart enough to set up the computer and keep it running...

Welcome to the forum ickyvicky, The main thing when they install is that the dish and cable (with a cable block) gets grounded well. Static is one of the worst enemies on a DW setup. Don't let the installer leave until you get a good ground! Most of the installers are good but occasionally you get a bad one. Also the dish needs to be mounted securely with NO movement and a clear path to the satellite. IE; trees, lines. And of course, the best possible signal..

Believe it or not this is dialup at speakeasy on the West coast. My system does a pretty good of fooling the upload with Sun Java. 2005-05-01 16:35:56 EST: 35 / 163 Your download speed : 36692 bps, or 35 Kbps. A 4.4 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked? Your upload speed : 167364 bps, or 163 Kbps. This is the same test site using Direcway. As you can see speakeasy is not Sun Java savvy.. 2005-05-01 17:08:23 EST: 735 / 418 Your download speed : 753386 bps, or 735 kbps. A 91.9 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 428724 bps, or 418 kbps. And a true result on Direcway using testmy.net.. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 127 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 16 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Sun May 01 2005 13:59:28 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 64 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 202.38 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PJEWVR5KD

Here's a smoking dialup connection test: :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 26 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 3 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Sun May 01 2005 10:06:49 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 341.33 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 35.14 % of your hosts average (popsite.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-X8BVPHYF9

Satellite internet is still experimental at best. The funniest thing for me is when I see people bash DW and promise Wild Blue will be better. I know how the testing has proved out for WB. I know how the testing has gone for DW. Unless something changes, right now there is no race... We're all here on DW because we have no other choice, period. Before DW I had a telephone connection leased into the next county for $85 bucks per month, and AOL dialup for another $24 month, total of $109 for dialup! Charter has finally arrived here but at the end of a 10 mile line it's not much better than dialup. I figure I

That's exactly right. The Java batch reaction will skew the results up higher by a lot on test sites that are not set up for Java. If you have a dialup backup, which most of us do with DW,

Now that you mention it php, I remember that...

Glad yours are good. I have Charter here but my Direcway uploading is sooo much better. We're out at the end of Charter's line and it really is slow here. Charter on a good day here might get 700 Kbps down..

Right now everything is backed up. My download which is usually 2mb is down to 558, barely tops my upload. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 558 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 68 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Mon Apr 25 2005 18:51:54 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB download in 15.06 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 70.81 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LFYBEV069

My 6000 always beat my old 4000. I just did an upload test at peak usage time about 5 min ago. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 429 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 52 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Mon Apr 25 2005 18:27:00 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 19.69 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 921.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PLFIKN0JD

They say the middle of this year and I hear it's on schedule..