TheSaint Posted July 31, 2005 CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 Anybody have it? The new 7700 modem? From reading the stuff at www.groundcontrol.com I get the impression I can sidestep the DirecWay headaches if i pay $160 a month for business 100 and get US based tech support, an 800 meg FAP, and a typical up/down of 128/1024. True? I was considering vsat-systems or Galileo which supposedly provide constant metered performance, but with very small monthly download limits. If I'm looking for good service and speeds and no headaches, is DirecWay business an option????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted August 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 1, 2005 Ok, I guess nobody has the 7700 modem, which is being released mid august. But does anybody have business class DirecWay through ground control? Just trying to find out if it sux like regular DirecWay, or having their US support and bigger equipment is really worth it, thinking of ordering this week since wild blue is delayed in florida until at least december. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slower Posted August 4, 2005 CID Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have a 7700 on beta here. I'm handicapped back to consumer edition now, less $. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted August 4, 2005 Author CID Share Posted August 4, 2005 Thanks I got scared off dway and bought a vsat-systems instead. $2400 and $119 a month for a single gigabyte in download a month, but at least I'll get 24X7 uptime and 1024 Kbps down, all the time. I guess as long as I drive to the McDonalds every morning and use their wireless for my big downloads I'll be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSapper Posted October 1, 2005 CID Share Posted October 1, 2005 As of June 30th Direcway pushed out the released version of the DW7700 software that implimented the bandwidth limitations and all the good results i was getting came to a screeching halt. I have also been told that the Fap are still at 100Mb for some of the plans like the buisness 200 plan is around 100Mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSapper Posted October 1, 2005 CID Share Posted October 1, 2005 Also the average test speeds i have been seeing are upload around 360Kbps and Download around 900Kbps and that is a buisness 200 plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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