Posted on 10/27/2020 9:59:38 AM PDT by srmanuel
>>Probably fine for country dwellers who have no other high speed options.<<
Ships and oil derricks and the like, maybe?
Hughes user. The real question is will they limit the data? That is what drives me crazy about Hughes. After 50 gig you can download email and that is about it.
After beta they’ll probably prorate hardware costs in the monthly service cost. I’d do it just to finally be rid of Comcast.
Simple fix.
Put the tripod on the roof where the punks can’t get to it.
I think it was just bad editing. An additional item was available for $99.00, not “an additional $99.00 was available for a thing.” Hey, I never got my first $99.00, let alone an additional $99.00! :-)
Then it sounds great.
But I’m of an age and background to remember 1.44Mbs T-1 as “blazing fast.” Lol.
I think Hughes uses geosynchronous satellites that are 22 thousand plus miles up.
Lots of lag time and timing issues.
Starlink is hundreds of low Earth orbit satellites that should have more than one overhead at any given time.
When done, I think there’ll be over 1,000.
Can even be used to supplement GPS satellites.
AT&T has, and Verizon is rolling out, Beaming Internet service from their cell towers. 25 Mbit speed. AT&T is $50/month with a 250gig cap. Verizon’s is $40/month with no data cap...
When I retired from the military we had a T-3 and a FDDI ring at Maxwell AFB and everyone remarked how huge that was.
I started teaching at a university and we got a T-1 in our building in 1999 and I was very happy!
$99.00 for this gizmo and $99.00 for that gizmo and $450.00 for this trinket and another $99.00 for this dodad and don’t forget $99.00 for this watchyamacallit. Hell i ‘ll just keep Comcast.
I agree that this is dirt cheap but you’re wrong on HughesNet.
I had it installed about six months ago and there was no charge for the equipment with a two year contract. Was a bit nervous about it as the reviews online are less than flattering but it worked out OK.
The package I signed up for has the highest data cap and costs 165.00 a month. Probably the biggest drawback is the latency (time to send to/from the satellite back to earth). This makes it unsuitable for calls/video meetings (almost like using a walkie-talkie. Also, uploads are much slower than downloads.
If you’re looking to stream a lot of video or game-play I would say don’t waste your money... however, if you are considering satellite internet you are probably like me and don’t have any other options.
Supposedly it’s unlimited
I’ve heard the same. Musk is supposed to be talking to the US Military about providing access to them for comms.
I was DELIGHTED to order T-1 at $1000/month for my little 10-person office in the late ‘90s.
The service only started on Monday, how could she possibly have the service, besides we are talking about Beta Testing , not full blown internet service....Beta testing means just that testing to find out the flaws and get them fixed before going public
30,000-40,000 satellites in low earth orbit. And they say it will be faster at longer transmission distances because the speed of light is faster in the vacuum of space.
The speed is megabits per second—mbps. 75 terabytes a month is not the speed, but how much data you use in total and a limit on what you use before being charged extra.
75 terabytes a month equals around 220 mbps depending on what you’re doing.
My Comcast in Denver costs me $88 per month for about 200Mbps. I would happily pay $99 per month for Starlink just because it’s cool and I hate Comcast.
Sorry, I was replying to the Hughes net service post. That is what she uses.
I just signed up and awaiting contact from them for potential service and as a BETA tester for my location in the Columbia basin in eastern Washington
Rural geosat internet is anywhere from $130 to $300 a month for 25mbs to 150mbs and data caps at 500GB or under. Starlink just snowballed every one of the Geosat internet ops times vsat dishes are $1000 or MORE in equipment usually financed over the minimum 2 years of contract. Many rural people have been waiting for starlink. I’m buying ten acres as soon as it’s out of beta and moving far away from Dallas I can do operations geology from anywhere I have at least 10 mbs or faster.
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