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Old 05-20-2009, 11:53 PM
 
Location: Homer Ak.
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Get Hughesnet, it is high speed internet by Satellite to your house. The dish is oval shaped and about three feet across and mounts to the side of your house in most cases.

The national website is at HughesNet Services

The Alaska dealer is Alaska Satellite at (907)451-0088. I have had it at the house for about four years now and it works very well up by Fairbanks.
The only problem with Hughesnet is that the satelite provides the Download speed but most of the time the upload is done through the phone meaning your upload is at dial up speeds. Earthlink improves on this a bit by getting upload speeds to about 300 but that is still slower then basic dsl or cable modem.
Im in the middle of the miles of city here in SoCal and the fastest DSL speeds i get are 1500 download 380 upload. Satch has me beat by a longshot!
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Old 05-20-2009, 11:57 PM
 
Location: Wasilla
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The only problem with Hughesnet is that the satelite provides the Download speed but most of the time the upload is done through the phone meaning your upload is at dial up speeds. Earthlink improves on this a bit by getting upload speeds to about 300 but that is still slower then basic dsl or cable modem.
Im in the middle of the miles of city here in SoCal and the fastest DSL speeds i get are 1500 download 380 upload. Satch has me beat by a longshot!
The price is still ridiculous unfortunately. However, I'm a computer nut so it's a cost that has to be paid. After a full year of lousy 768k, this is a Godsend.
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Old 05-21-2009, 12:13 AM
 
Location: Interior alaska
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The only problem with Hughesnet is that the satelite provides the Download speed but most of the time the upload is done through the phone meaning your upload is at dial up speeds. Earthlink improves on this a bit by getting upload speeds to about 300 but that is still slower then basic dsl or cable modem.
Im in the middle of the miles of city here in SoCal and the fastest DSL speeds i get are 1500 download 380 upload. Satch has me beat by a longshot!
Nope, uses no phone lines, matter of fact you can make calls through it. There was an older system that did use phone for outbound calls, but not this system which is 100% satellite. Speeds I'm getting are not as fast as what you say you have, but I can download movies and watch them as in real time. What slows it down is a router with Wi-Fi, but if need I faster speeds, I plug directly into to the satellite modem.
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Old 05-21-2009, 12:21 AM
 
Location: Interior alaska
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The price is still ridiculous unfortunately. However, I'm a computer nut so it's a cost that has to be paid. After a full year of lousy 768k, this is a Godsend.
My system was $390.00 then I got a $100.00 rebate off that. Installation is about $300.00+- because of where I live. The monthly charge is about the same as cable Internet.
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Old 05-21-2009, 12:23 AM
 
Location: Barrow, Alaska
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The only problem with Hughesnet is that the satelite provides the Download speed but most of the time the upload is done through the phone meaning your upload is at dial up speeds.
Hughesnet uses satellite for both the downlink and the uplink. It can be used in places where there simply is no telephone service at all.
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Old 05-21-2009, 12:37 AM
 
Location: Wasilla
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Hughesnet uses satellite for both the downlink and the uplink. It can be used in places where there simply is no telephone service at all.
Which is it's only advantage, as I'm positive that you already know. ADSL and cable are superior in speed/reliability, not to mention ping time(which is only a concern if you are doing some online gaming). And then there is the Fair Usage policy which I wouldn't be able to tolerate given my heavy reliance on Internet access.

I can understand why starlite mentions Hughes because in many places, especially here in Alaska, it is one's only means of Internet access.
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