I'm getting regular download speeds of 20-30Mbits/sec (2.5-3.75MBytes/sec). Uploads are running at well over 1Mbits/sec. I've used several online speed meters for checking this. Subjectively, the service is VERY fast.

The dish is smaller than the very old Direcway dish I've had for years now, and the connection from dish to modem is a single cable, not two. Nice.

I'll be saying goodbye to Hughesnet effective April 30.

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What it is, man, a low-down and funky feelin'

How is latency?

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Good Luck!
Jamie Dresser
Other World Computing

Congratulations!

You mentioned before that the Modem is just a modem, and you supply the router?
Have you, by any chance, determined if the modem has a fixed external IP, or a dynamic one?

If my ever-so-long and frustrating work with a local wireless ISP bears no fruit relatively soon, I'm hoping to jump ship to Exede from Hughes, and if Exede offers a fixed IP so I can set up a VPN, I'd accelerate my plans...

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Eureka, CA

Latency is running 400-500msec -- same as most any satellite system.

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What it is, man, a low-down and funky feelin'

Yep -- you supply the router. At this moment I'm using a couple of old Buffalo WBR2-G54 set up in WDS mode to get from my office over to the house -- about 90 feet between routers as the crow flies.

I also have a couple of Netgear N300 series routers and I've got them configured in "wireless repeater" mode and will try them this afternoon to see if I can improve the speeds tot he rest of my network. They aren't bad now at 5-7Mbits/sec, but I'd like more.

Sorry Paul -- dynamic IP. I don't know if there is a VPN work-around or not.

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Thanks. Forwarded your comments to my Mom, who has Wild Blue, and is thinking about Exede.

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Sorry Paul -- dynamic IP. I don't know if there is a VPN work-around or not.

That's OK.. there are definitely work-arounds!
Not having to use a work-around would have pushed up my schedule is all

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Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Eureka, CA

Thanks for the report, Dick. I told a friend about this service, haven't heard from him yet, but glad to hear it is good.

The Netgear WNR3500L & WNR2000v3 pair are working well in wireless repeater mode -- the ethernet-connected laptop hung on a LAN port on the remote repeater (2000v3) runs at about 60-70% of the speed of my Mac which is ethernet connected to the 3500L base station.

Downstream wi-fi connected devices are at about half the speed of the laptop, which is as expected.

Be nice to have a couple of the dual-band N routers, but that's too much money right now.

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The speed is very impressive. (Nothing you can do about the latency when the signal is bouncing off a satellite.) The price is very reasonable too. My only potential beef is the 7GB limit. That seems pretty low for such a high speed service but I suppose I can understand that the bird has limited capacity.

BTW, original thread here: [forums.macresource.com]

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Double the 7G costs $30 more per month, and you can buy more capacity if you need it. Just don't let the kids stream movies in 1080p....

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Thumbs up for competition. I don't have need of satellite myself, but Hughes had a terrible rep and its just great to see an aggressive competitor and people happy with the serivice. Now if we could have some local competition in the cable market...

Are there latitude limits to the service? I wonder if rural Alaskans are jumping on this.

They've got a zip code finder for service. I know that they are swamped with orders -- the installers are working hard, flying all over the country.

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