rolivier Posted September 18, 2006 CID Share Posted September 18, 2006 Had Direcway4000 for three years 'till February.(60+ hours on customer support line, never got promised speeds) Dropped them to go to WildBlue Pro. It delivered as promised until 2-3 months ago. Service call; new tria, new 3.5mm coax cables,using their maximizer...speeds are still ALL over the place. Up,Down,up,Down,Down. Did I say Down? Yesterday ATT (SBC) made DSL available here. Please help me make an educated decision to change or not. I am 8,900 feet from central office. (Too far? speed degradation due to distance?) Their "Pro" package is available up to 9,500 feet. They say I will get 1.5-3meg down, 384-512K up. Today I have had download speeds from 47-157kB/s on WildBlue. Need to run two computers simultaneously through Dynex network hub. Deal....or no Deal? I could live in a towsack hung in a septic tank (and like it), but I can't live with this. I am a blank slate...educate me. Thanks ahead of time for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted September 18, 2006 CID Share Posted September 18, 2006 dont even waste your time get the ATT DSL. 8900 its with in the distace, most likely there is a rt with in 3000 feet of you. you will like it much better then the satalite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolivier Posted September 18, 2006 Author CID Share Posted September 18, 2006 Wazza rt? Also, how can I get outa the one year contract with WildBlue? Oh yeah, ATT told me one dynamic IP address and it is an asymmetric connection. any of this matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted September 18, 2006 CID Share Posted September 18, 2006 Wazza rt? Also, how can I get outa the one year contract with WildBlue? Oh yeah, ATT told me one dynamic IP address and it is an asymmetric connection. any of this matter? a RT is a remote termanel. (basically a DLSAM thats not in the CO) to get out of the contract your probally going to have to pay a fee, and none of that matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 18, 2006 CID Share Posted September 18, 2006 Pay the fee, if you have been on satelite that long. Why is this really a question? It would not be a question for me! And I would be happy immediately. If not sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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