OT Internet Service

Does anyone have a suggestion of what I can do. Ive called so many services and when they test the lines, they say they cannot help. Even a dish that needs a phone line for maintenance is being blocked.

Thank you.

Same situation, but I do have a wireless setup with towers around. Fellow was out today to check it out, he said I'll have issues with the grove (which I was expecting) and figures we can make it work but best to wait until the leaves are on the trees. So, 3 more months of dialup....

I hear a lot of good things about Wildblue from those that have no other access to the world, there is a lag delay as everything has that 1 second delay, and as the satilites get full they tend to throttle back the speed on you. But everyone who writes about it says it sure beats dialup, & my understanding is it works without a phone line?

--->Paul

I don't have wild blue , I have local wireless,
but the boys that do the wireless also do the wild blue service and installation . The fellow that works on my computers has wild blue because
he cannot see the wireless tower. He likes the wild blue and they do not have to
have a phone line to work or anything else. Below is a link to wild blue .

george

• wild blue

It's fast, although I haven't actually measured download speed. It's not as fast as RoadRunner cable but close enough to suit. Uploads, like sending an email with a few photos, are slow. All ISP's that I've had have slower upload than download, but WildBlue is unusually slow. Not a problem for me.

It cost $500 for the dish and installation, and the service is $50 per month. The only other satellite service I checked into was $600.

It's internet only, no TV. I was told that TV requires a separate dish.

It's been through two short, violent hailstorms with 3/4" stones and a few good blows without interruption of service. It's always on.

Service got a little spotty after 10 months or so and the dish had to be re-aimed/pointed/whatever it's called. I called WildBlue about the occasional breaks in service and was told the service call would be $75; I had to make the service appointment with the installation company. The tech spent 5 minutes with the dish, called his office and was told there was no charge because my place only required a short detour when heading back from another service call. WildBlue had already charged to the credit card. I had to arque to get the $75 charge refunded.

Equipment warranty is one year.

I was told by the installation company to put the dish on a yard pole, not on the roof because of possible leaks, movement of the house, etc. The pole would have added $100 plus one more obstacle to mow around. I ask the installer and he said they put them on roofs all the time, so that's where it went.