From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [66.117.248.253] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO localhost) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 1015093 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:29:41 -0400 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:29:29 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Satellite Internet Access Message-ID: On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:41:39 -0500, Sam Lewis wrote: >This subject comes up from time to time. > >I am using Starband right now. I am starting to exceed their 976MB 7 >rolling day limit on a regular basis. Does anyone know about the Wild >Blue, http://wildblue.com, service? They have higher bandwidth plans at >a lower price than Starband and a far higher download limit in their FAP >2.8GB vs 976MB per 7 day period. I know that some Satellite services >oversell their bandwidth allot more than others so I don't want to spend >the money on new Satellite setup just to end up in a worse position if I >can help it. > >If anyone has information or opinions I would like to hear them. >Thanks, >Sam I see commercials on local TV all the time for HughesNet [http://www.hughesnet.com]. I have no idea if it is good, bad or indifferent. Their campaign seems to be to get the users who are too far from a C.O. for DSL and where there is no cable service. The advertise that, "All you need is a clear view of the southern sky..." Fortunately, I have 3MB DSL and don't have the problem. So, I've not even tried to check it out. Carl