[Cialug] satellite internet

[Tom Pohl]

I'm not so in touch with the financial side of things, but I think the 
install was free ($180 is stated on their website) but you have to 
purchase the $300 equipment.  We used 1 dealer for all locations, but 
different installers on the western iowa locations than the north and 
eastern iowa locations.

For $50/mo we get a 512k/128k connection.  Their highest-end package is 
$80/mo for 1.5mb/256k.   We currently only subscribe to their lowest 
package on all locations.

-Tom

On Sep 2, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

> If all installations are priced the same, can I ask what that costs for
> equipment and recurring?  Also, what are the download rates like?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Pohl [mailto:tom at tcpconsulting.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:00 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] satellite internet
>
>
> I have about 12 installations using wild blue right now and it works
> *ok*.  If you have any reasonably priced alternate, I'd take it.
>
> There are some outages and with bandwidth latency and speed it's not
> perfect, but it works!  I only see the 12 locations from coming in from
> the outside, so I see the slowest part (the upload).
>
> It works pretty slick, once your modem is provisioned (can take several
> hours the first time and done by their installers), you get a
> real-world ip address and away you go.  LOTS easier than the early days
> of cable modems.
>
> BTW, all of my locations have a linux server hooked up to them :)
>
> -Tom
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Matthew Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Has anyone heard any positive/negative comments
>> regarding Wild Blue satellite Internet service?
>> currently DSL and cable are not options where I live,
>> and dialup speeds are an excruciating 4 kbs (yes,
>> four). Direcway is rather pricey, WildBlue is more economical, but you
>> still must purchase $300 worth of equipment. google fetched a few
>> reviews but not much. Any info is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew Johnson
>>
>> p.s. although linux is not officially supported by
>> WildBlue, there is no software required, so it should
>> work...
>>
>>
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