84TurboFour Posted February 9, 2006 CID Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hey people. I currently have DWay, but my contract is up like next month or something. I had a guy come buy the house after setting one up down the street, were bulding a new house and he was pitching Wild Blue. Hes going to try and set up a live demp, where he'll come out and we can compare Wild Blue and DWay side by side. I was wondering what you alls take on this is, weather switching to WB is a good choise, or if you can recomend another sat. provider thats better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted February 9, 2006 CID Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hey...see if he'll set that demo up for a few days...to include week days and you could test perhaps hourly and compare the two for us....I'd be interested in the results of that....my contract is up next month too...and I've looked at WB through my electric co-op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84TurboFour Posted February 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 9, 2006 Yea, I dont know how log it will be for, my guess would be mabey a few hours. I've honestly thought about going back to Dial-up, at times this Dway is slower then dialup. I hate liveing so far away from town, I cant even get Cable TV out here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 I wish I could switch, but our contract just got renewed a couple months ago. Maybe I'll just stick with Direcway. You'll probably have to wait until Wildblue gets more customers until you get an idea of how it compares with Direcway, I have little doubt that it will probably be faster and more stable than Dway, but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifu_al Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 I just made the switch from Dway Small Business (with the .98 m dish, static IP and DW6000) to Wildblue Select Pack and so far I am very impressed and pleased with what I got. The installer was very knowledgable regarding all the pitfalls of poor installations I have read about on the forums and did a great job with the install and pointing. I had the Dway Small Business package (1.0 Mbps download/100Kbps upload, 99.99/month with upfront equipment cost of 999.98 back in June of 2005). With Wildblue I got the Select Pack (1.0 Mbps download/200 Kbps upload, 69.99/month with upfront cost of 379.99). I have to use Citrix to access my company's VPN and when you combine the latency of satellite and the slow upload, you spend most of you time waiting for the screen to catch up with you. My latency with my Dway package was an average of about 900 to 1000 ms. With Wildblue it is between 700 to 750 ms consistently. Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.37] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=834ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=867ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=600ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=706ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=628ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=750ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=674ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=760ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=675ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=48 Ping statistics for 68.142.226.37: Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 594ms, Maximum = 867ms, Average = 708ms Why there is a difference, since they both have to hit a satellite 22,000 miles in space, is beyond me, but the lower latency combined with the greater upload has been very noticeable. Although nowhere near what DSL or cable would be, I will take what I can get. Here is my speed from this morning. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 173 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/06 - 6:09am Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 48.76 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 38.4 % faster than the average for host (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4JLRYZ7G8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1106 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 135 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/06 - 7:39am Bottom Line:: 20X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.59 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.49 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8XJM2ID91 With Dway I used VanBuren's Cablenut DW6000 tweaks from version 8, which seemed to help. With Wildblue I cleared all tweaks in Cablenut and then loaded the Wildblue optimizer. The only tweak that shows up in Cablenut when the optimizer is loaded is MaxConnectionsPerServer 10 and in the Internet Properties, Connections, Lan Settings, Automatic Configuration both Automatically detect settings and Use Automatic Configuration Script checked. This produced poor results when tested (download around 800 and upload around 75). I unchecked both Internet Properties items, left everything else alone, and now things are smoking. This same scenario played out on both my desktop, and wireless laptop. I will be looking for further tweaks that may help me maximize upload speed and post anything that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcello Posted March 7, 2006 CID Share Posted March 7, 2006 Have been using this site, but never registered until now to respond to your post. I had DWay for several years, never totally satisfied but the only option in my semirural area. Switched to DSL when it became available--MUCH better than DWay. However I moved, and voila, no cable or DSL. Went back to Dway, not satisfied, stumbled on WildBlue, and with them now for about 6 months. The real bottom line is my wife (a pure user, no techno insights whatsoever). She recognizes that WB is MUCH better than DWay (not DSL, but decidedly superior for satellite). Not only faster (especially pings and uploads), but more reliable. Given the date of your post, my response might not be too helpful. But at least you got me to register!! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted March 7, 2006 CID Share Posted March 7, 2006 Have been using this site, but never registered until now to respond to your post. I had DWay for several years, never totally satisfied but the only option in my semirural area. Switched to DSL when it became available--MUCH better than DWay. However I moved, and voila, no cable or DSL. Went back to Dway, not satisfied, stumbled on WildBlue, and with them now for about 6 months. The real bottom line is my wife (a pure user, no techno insights whatsoever). She recognizes that WB is MUCH better than DWay (not DSL, but decidedly superior for satellite). Not only faster (especially pings and uploads), but more reliable. Given the date of your post, my response might not be too helpful. But at least you got me to register!! Good luck. jcello gotcha, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtnfolk Posted March 14, 2006 CID Share Posted March 14, 2006 Wildblue seems a bit expensive for what you get. Check out this link for prices. http://www.4wildblue.com/About.aspx I will stick with my DW4000. I cannot see that Wildblue is better, except the upload speed. I pay $60.00 for 1.5 meg. download and of course real slow upload speed, which I can live with. The best download speed I have ever gotten with Direcway is 1589. That is using their test site, which I think is more accurate than other sites. I still use testmy.net and toast.net for a quick speed test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJD12131987 Posted March 15, 2006 CID Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have had Wildblue for a little over a month and haven't had any major problems. The only time I did have a probably was a few days ago when we had heavy thunderstorms. I cannot comment against DirecWay since I have never used it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 24, 2006 CID Share Posted March 24, 2006 I got Wildblue and was very disatfied with it, slow does not even to begin to tell you what I had. I called and spoke with tech support and changes a lot of setting and did not get any better. The sent the installer back out and he said he did not have the dish leveled and it should be better. I tested it again and all I could get was 375kbs. When speaking with tech department they said this was all that was guaranteed with the package I had. I asked about the next one up and switched to it and get better speeds all the way around. I sure hate paying 69.95 for it though. I was thinking about Dway but from the post it appears I am probably with the best service for where I am. They pipe sun lite in out here(G) I still have until the 9th to get my money back. I have a dway setup that was given to me, just don't know what to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted March 24, 2006 CID Share Posted March 24, 2006 Welcome to the forum Big John, .84TurboFour, AMJD12131987, and sifu_al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pman Posted March 27, 2006 CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 I had Di recway for 18 months and struggled the whole time with their "tech" support and having the service go out every time the dish went in the shade (well not quite that bad). When I saw Wildblue it was a no brainer and if I was a first time user it would have been a double no brainer as I had $600 invested in Di recway HW. Wildblue HW was $300 and for about the same bandwidth $10 less per month (I'm on the ValuePack of Wildblue). What I like best about Wildblue is the consistency. When it rains it still works. With Di recway it went out every day and on rainy days could be down the whole time. With Wildblue it's on all the time and only when it rained so bad my directv went out did it go out. For work I have to use a VPN and Wildblues ping times (latency) are one third better and while not as fast as DSL or cable I can operate. I also have to laugh when people say just wait until Wildblue gets more customers things will get worse. I could have stayed with DW where things were worse or switched to Wildblue where things are definitely better and "may" get worse. If they do, I'll have enjoyed a year of better service, fulfilled my 1 year obligation and be ready to switch to the next technology such as WiMax, or Internet over Powerlines. Or maybe, just maybe my area will get DSL or Cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thecableguy Posted March 27, 2006 CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hey people. I currently have DWay, but my contract is up like next month or something. I had a guy come buy the house after setting one up down the street, were bulding a new house and he was pitching Wild Blue. Hes going to try and set up a live demp, where he'll come out and we can compare Wild Blue and DWay side by side. I was wondering what you alls take on this is, weather switching to WB is a good choise, or if you can recomend another sat. provider thats better.... Compared to DirecWay I think you will be much happier with WildBlue. Do it....you know you want to!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2451414 Posted May 11, 2006 CID Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hello, Just signed up with this forum, I have been a WB customer for about 60 Days. The speed is great, reliability is good (only slight interruptions with rain). The only problem so far is the FAP. I have 3 Teenagers with 3 computers! I was just dinged for FAP abuse! I have Pro Pack service, I thought this would be enough, however with the 3 kids , file sharing, and online gaming... and the COST! Oh well-- I will try to enforce my own FAP within our house (GOOD LUCK) Overall- I like WB, It's the only option where I live accept for 14.4 dial up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted May 11, 2006 CID Share Posted May 11, 2006 Was that 14.4 Kbps? Bummer. Welcome to the forum paul2451414. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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