rjventre Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 I am running the small office plan on a .74m dish with a 2 watt BUC. I am getting the advertised speeds. So, my question is: what is the difference, performance wise, between the .74m dish and the .98m dish? Also, would my service be any better if I upgraded to the .98m dish? I would really appreciate your responses. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 I am running the small office plan on a .74m dish with a 2 watt BUC. I am getting the advertised speeds. So, my question is: what is the difference, performance wise, between the .74m dish and the .98m dish? Also, would my service be any better if I upgraded to the .98m dish? I would really appreciate your responses. Thank you. OK, this is the way I understand it. The smaller dish will give you better speeds, but the larger one will give you better signal strength during bad weather and such. So it all depends on which performance you want it to do. And welcome to the forum if I have not already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 The .98 dish will get you a better signal, and will give more cushion for rain fade. There are no performance gains by getting either one, unless you live on the "fringe" of your satellite's foot print. The .98 dish is also much harder to point, and must be right on the money. I say, save your money. Don't spend any until SpaceWay comes out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 ghostmaster would know best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjventre Posted November 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 Thank you all for your responses, they are much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 Thank you all for your responses, they are much appreciated. I am running the small office plan on a .74m dish with a 2 watt BUC. I am getting the advertised speeds. So, my question is: what is the difference, performance wise, between the .74m dish and the .98m dish? Also, would my service be any better if I upgraded to the .98m dish? I would really appreciate your responses. Thank you. What are the speeds on the business plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjventre Posted November 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 Hi Sparticus013, The speeds I typically get on the Small Office Plan are between 1300k-1600k down and between 225k-310k up. I have had the Small Office plan for a little over a month now and the slowest my download speeds have ever been is 1172k down and 199k up. If you are considering upgrading to this plan, DO IT, it is definitely worth it. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 6, 2006 CID Share Posted November 6, 2006 I have had the Small Office plan for a little over a month now and the slowest my download speeds have ever been is 1172k down and 199k up. Do you mean anytime of day 24/7/365 And that is $69.95, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjventre Posted November 6, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 6, 2006 Tommie, the speeds I stated, the average speeds and the slowest speed, are what I get 24/7 365 days a year. As far as the price, the Small Office Plan is normally $99.99 a month. I, however, only pay $79.99 a month; this is what Hughes did to fix my problem (not being able to get over 1mb on the Pro Plus Plan). Hughes finally admitted that they marketed speeds before they could deliver them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 6, 2006 CID Share Posted November 6, 2006 OK, that would be a little rich for me. Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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