dell Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1066 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 130 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Feb 11 00:07:22 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.88 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-K51WT6CQS :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 199 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Upload Speed is:: 24 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Feb 11 00:15:01 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 42.67 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-KFLY7IR0T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted February 12, 2005 CID Share Posted February 12, 2005 They say no FAP or anything to that effect, just with the 484. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted February 16, 2005 CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 Dell whats up with the screen shot? are you trying to tell me they do not have a download limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 Dell whats up with the screen shot? are you trying to tell me they do not have a download limit? Yes the 484 has no download limit the 360 has a 500MB UPLOAD limit in a 7 day period i dont know what the 481 has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted February 17, 2005 CID Share Posted February 17, 2005 Would you rate starband above Dway? if so tell me details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 18, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 Would you rate starband above Dway? if so tell me details. Yes. What do you want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted February 18, 2005 CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 Dell this is Starbands Fair access policy I found on ther sight. From what you are sayinug they dont enforce it though? STARBAND SATELLITE INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (Last Revised December 18, 2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted February 18, 2005 CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 Dell where did you find your info on the download and upload limits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 19, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 Dell where did you find your info on the download and upload limits? I,am a Starband installer it would be quicker to just read this http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12588584~mode=flat everthing lance49726 says is true and even with the 360 you can still upload more than what he says if you keep the heavy downloading to off peak hours starband wont bother you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted February 19, 2005 CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 Dell - will the du meter shut the donwnload off when it reaches a certain MB. For the Direcway fap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 19, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 Dell - will the du meter shut the donwnload off when it reaches a certain MB. For the DirecWay fap. Yes you can have it play a warning sound or display a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted February 19, 2005 CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 Thanks Dell sounds just what i was loopking for. The info on startband was very aprerciated. How is there service been lately? Speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 20, 2005 Thanks Dell sounds just what i was loopking for. The info on startband was very aprerciated. How is there service been lately? Speed? I have the high end package 484 S.O. so the speeds dont affect me to much but there are others on he lower end bitching about speeds just like Direcway . Since the T-7 failure the speeds have been up and down then Starband lost their lease on 1 transponder on GE-4 so that just leaves them with only 1 transponder on GE-4 which has more than half of their surscribers on. But it is getting better every day as they are moving as a lot of people of GE-4 plus they will have a new sat up in april. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemhuron1 Posted July 8, 2005 CID Share Posted July 8, 2005 starband 484 S.O. AMC-4 3-74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted September 17, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 17, 2005 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nos7667 Posted September 17, 2005 CID Share Posted September 17, 2005 Do you guys use shareware or do you just normal Surf the web??? Because thats some good usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted September 17, 2005 CID Share Posted September 17, 2005 How much does Spacenet pay you dell? Just curious. BTW SB has been FAPing users since June. Noone knows what the limits are but if you get FAPed; it lasts for 7 days. My 481 system is basiclly worthless for anything other than large downloads and those have been capped at 500 Kbps for the past 7 months. Big sites like Google and Yahoo take longer to load on the SB system than they do on my PeoplePC 26.4 connection. Patiently waiting for WildBlue which not only can, but WILL provide the service they say they will when you sign on, and cheaper than SB or DW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kol Posted September 17, 2005 CID Share Posted September 17, 2005 How much does Spacenet pay you dell? Just curious. BTW SB has been FAPing users since June. Noone knows what the limits are but if you get FAPed; it lasts for 7 days. My 481 system is basiclly worthless for anything other than large downloads and those have been capped at 500 Kbps for the past 7 months. Big sites like Google and Yahoo take longer to load on the SB system than they do on my PeoplePC 26.4 connection. Patiently waiting for WildBlue which not only can, but WILL provide the service they say they will when you sign on, and cheaper than SB or DW. Yeah But The Hav A Fap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted September 17, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 17, 2005 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted September 18, 2005 CID Share Posted September 18, 2005 As far as I'm concerned you can have all the bandwidth on SB once i get WB installed and running. Enjoy it while you can cause i see another chapter 11 coming soon for starband and I highly doubt they will survive this time. WildBlue will eventually degrade but I figure it will take about 2 to 3 years for that to happen and in the meantime maybe i will be able to get real broadband like wireless or maybe even hit the big lottery and get my own personal DS3 line. Let's see here. SB - 484 system - up front costs - what? around 1,000 doallrs? Plus installation costs. Monthly fee? close to 150 dollars per month? speed? 1 meg down and about 200 up? WB - Pro account - up front costs - 300 dollars plus 179 for installation monthly fee - 79 dollars per month. speed - 1.5 megs down and about 240 k up. monthly fap limit - 22 gigs. Starband won't be overloaded for much longer but my guess is that when enough users jump ship to WB they will once again reduce the number of transponders they lease and the remaining users will be in the same sinking boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kol Posted September 18, 2005 CID Share Posted September 18, 2005 As far as I'm concerned you can have all the bandwidth on SB once i get WB installed and running. Enjoy it while you can cause i see another chapter 11 coming soon for starband and I highly doubt they will survive this time. WildBlue will eventually degrade but I figure it will take about 2 to 3 years for that to happen and in the meantime maybe i will be able to get real broadband like wireless or maybe even hit the big lottery and get my own personal DS3 line. Let's see here. SB - 484 system - up front costs - what? around 1,000 doallrs? Plus installation costs. Monthly fee? close to 150 dollars per month? speed? 1 meg down and about 200 up? WB - Pro account - up front costs - 300 dollars plus 179 for installation monthly fee - 79 dollars per month. speed - 1.5 megs down and about 240 k up. monthly fap limit - 22 gigs. Starband won't be overloaded for much longer but my guess is that when enough users jump ship to WB they will once again reduce the number of transponders they lease and the remaining users will be in the same sinking boat. 22 gigs is alot but i would prolly go over that in about 2 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted September 22, 2005 CID Share Posted September 22, 2005 The most I have done in one month with SB is a little over 15 gigs. And that was back before the big T 7 failure and i was averaging 8 megs per minute on downloads. In 15 months my average bandwidth usage is less than 10 gigs per month. I ordered the wildblue pro pack yesterday. I have to wait 2 to 6 weeks due to a combination of high demand and low supply of hardware right now. Cost: With tax - $316.00 Installation is FREE. I would not recommend SB to anyone for fear that if they took my advice; they could possibly, at a later time, find me and take revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.