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Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: August 29, 2009 12:58AM
I was curious about satellite internet service.
Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and unreliable....
Blessed are the murderous.
Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and unreliable....
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
OOoh YEEeeaah
()
Date: August 29, 2009 01:02AM
I Sucked your Fister. And she liked it!
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: August 29, 2009 01:04AM
OOoh YEEeeaah Wrote:
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> I Sucked your Fister. And she liked it!
Inkahootz, you are blind drunk, get some sleep.
Blessed are the murderous.
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> I Sucked your Fister. And she liked it!
Inkahootz, you are blind drunk, get some sleep.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
Alias
()
Date: August 29, 2009 01:17AM
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2012 02:04AM by Alias.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2012 02:04AM by Alias.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: August 29, 2009 06:45PM
Alias Wrote:
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> eesh wrote:
> "I was curious about satellite internet service.
> Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and
> unreliable...."
> ________________
>
> eesh... Were you dropped on your head at birth?
How many babies has your baby factory/daughter dropped?
Blessed are the murderous.
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> eesh wrote:
> "I was curious about satellite internet service.
> Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and
> unreliable...."
> ________________
>
> eesh... Were you dropped on your head at birth?
How many babies has your baby factory/daughter dropped?
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
MrMephisto
()
Date: August 29, 2009 06:54PM
Alias Wrote:
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> eesh wrote:
> "I was curious about satellite internet service.
> Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and
> unreliable...."
> ________________
>
> eesh... Were you dropped on your head at birth?
Unnecessary.
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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.
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> eesh wrote:
> "I was curious about satellite internet service.
> Supposedly satellite connections are sketchy and
> unreliable...."
> ________________
>
> eesh... Were you dropped on your head at birth?
Unnecessary.
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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
Thurston Moore
()
Date: August 30, 2009 02:52AM
I've never used it, but I've heard that it can be acceptable for basic web browsing, and email, and that sort of thing, but it is practically unusable for online games or anything that requires low latency up and down.
Either way, a verizon or sprint wireless broadband card is much better. I get about 2.2 Mb/s down and 300 - 600 kb/s up, most of the time.
Of course, I was grandfathered into the unlimited data plan at $49. If you were to sign up now, I think you are limited to 2 or 5 gigabyte transfer per month for whatever they're selling it for now.
And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low latency of fiber optics, and 25 or 50 mb/s down and 5 or 10 up is pretty awesome.
Either way, a verizon or sprint wireless broadband card is much better. I get about 2.2 Mb/s down and 300 - 600 kb/s up, most of the time.
Of course, I was grandfathered into the unlimited data plan at $49. If you were to sign up now, I think you are limited to 2 or 5 gigabyte transfer per month for whatever they're selling it for now.
And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low latency of fiber optics, and 25 or 50 mb/s down and 5 or 10 up is pretty awesome.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: August 31, 2009 03:04PM
Thurston Moore Wrote:
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> And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low
> latency of fiber optics,
that's not entirely true but it is by far the most practical and safe form of communication.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low
> latency of fiber optics,
that's not entirely true but it is by far the most practical and safe form of communication.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
boner
()
Date: August 31, 2009 03:28PM
Hughes also has bandwidth limits. My neighbor hates it.
Re: Anyone ever used Hughesnet?
Posted by:
Thurston Moore
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Date: September 01, 2009 01:29AM
Gravis Wrote:
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> Thurston Moore Wrote:
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> > And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low
> > latency of fiber optics,
>
> that's not entirely true but it is by far the most
> practical and safe form of communication.
I get 1 and 2 second latencies doing speedtests to Chicago.
The nice thing about fiber to the door is that there are costs in converting the signal back to electrical ones and zeros and back again to light during routing, so most fiber optic to the door networks have very few hops between your house and the Network Exchange that gets your data onto the backbone.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2009 01:30AM by Thurston Moore.
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> Thurston Moore Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And if you can get FIOS, nothing beats the low
> > latency of fiber optics,
>
> that's not entirely true but it is by far the most
> practical and safe form of communication.
I get 1 and 2 second latencies doing speedtests to Chicago.
The nice thing about fiber to the door is that there are costs in converting the signal back to electrical ones and zeros and back again to light during routing, so most fiber optic to the door networks have very few hops between your house and the Network Exchange that gets your data onto the backbone.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2009 01:30AM by Thurston Moore.