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Originally Posted by UGLandrum
I did my research before I chose and I am really happy with my choice.
If someone tells you WildBlue is the best, they are mistaken and they need to read this page at HughesNet's page. I post this on this thread solely because I want folks to know that they can get more and better satellite internet services for their money! 
I cannot stress enough, that these comparisons are completely factual and not just a ploy to get more customers, I've found HughesNet to be the best all around service in North America, while I don't have the service yet, my facts are from research and personal testimonies from fmaily and friends that have the service. I am merly waiting to move where I will have no access to landlines, I am milking this wonderful cable internet! lol
But I have made my desicion as to what I will have as Internet service when I move to the boonies (at least 10 miles away from the nearist fiber-optic lines). Please check out this page, you'll be happy you did. HughesNet Satellite Internet, vs. WildBlue Internet, High Speed Internet
Regards- Will |
With any satellite Internet service, you're going to get very long ping/latency times, compared to a terrestrial service such as DSL, cable, or fiber optic lines. This is at least partially because the speed of light limits how fast your data can make a round trip of 44,000 miles to and from the satellite. To take the case of an Internet ping, it must make this trip twice: the ping is sent to the satellite and bounced back to a receiving station, where it is forwarded to the Internet. Eventually the ping reply comes back to the receiving station, and is sent up to the satellite and back down to your machine. A total of 88,000 miles. At the very minimum, you will see ping times on the order of 500ms. And that's assuming the Internet has 0 latency, and that there's little contention for bandwidth on the satellite. A more realistic ping would probably be in the 600-700ms range. Long latency times are considered bad for MMO games. You might look around for Internet service that's provided via long-distance WiFi. I think those can go up to 10 miles, but I'm not sure. In any case, good luck.