Internet

Jagee · #1 (**permalink**) 04-17-2007, 07:10 AM

Is there something I Can use with my dish to add on to get internet or what do i need.right now im using usb adapter outside,But I Built a BiQuad,NEED An ampifierto mak it wrk or what

William Eng · #2 (**permalink**) 04-17-2007, 08:28 AM

Yes, I think its called "Wild Blue"

wejones · #3 (**permalink**) 04-17-2007, 09:09 AM

I think the Wild Blue uses a higher freq band, like Ka or something. Plus, to do 2 way internet you need to have the capability to transmit as well as receive. With a regular FTA system, there are some internet signals up there that you can receive, but receiving doesn't do you any good unless you can transmit. There used to be some 1-way services, ie high speed satellite coming down, but you use slower land line going back, but I've heard that these didn't work all that well. I assume that there must still be a couple of these services around, I don't know. The Twinhan FTA PCI receivers have a program that comes with them called VisionDATA , that when run makes your satellite system a 1-way network interface, that shows up along side your regular NIC in your control panel. I've run this, and have monitored internet data flying by, but have never tried finding a 1 way service to subscribe to. I've since found that TSREADER gives a more convenient way of monitoring IP/DVB type signals, so I haven't used VisionDATA for several years. My original reason for trying VisionDATA was to monitor the NOAAPort data transmitted as UDP packets, but I finally gave up with that project.

Corey · #4 (**permalink**) 04-18-2007, 06:54 PM

I think I'd steer away from Wild Blue based on some of the complaints I've read:

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N4ST · #5 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 09:40 PM

I've been with WildBlue for 18-months and it has worked very well for my family. The latency makes it less pleasing for browsing than cable or DSL and pretty much useless for twitch gaming.

Anyway, it's not a "do-it-yourself" installation. The dish is somewhat unique, having a subreflector and is matched to the transmitter/receiver assembly. Only certified WB installers are allowed to aim the dish and provision the modem. Ofcourse, you can always take their course and get "certified" yourself, if you are so inclined.

The dish on right in my avatar is a WildBlue dish.

keebs · #6 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 11:18 PM

wildblue sucks. its a rip off. they restrict bandwidth usage and will reduce it if you go over your monthly amount. if its all you can get like me, then its worth it but i would say the speed is like a middle of the road DSL. i really think it is total crap.

UGLandrum · #7 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 08:34 PM

Guys, take a look in this forum section on my posting about HughesNet, you will come away with a different point of view about FAP's, HUGESNET IS BETTER!

-Will

rid0617 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 02:19 AM

From what I've heard you want to stay away from satellite internet unless it's your only choice for high speed. Too slow, too expensive.

Muad'Dib · #9 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 04:03 AM

2way internet via sat is only for people who have no other access or choice.......
Here is europe its called Astra2Connect or Eutelsat TooWay...

Asaad · #10 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 05:00 AM

Which one is the best available active splitters for headend L-Band splitting?

N4ST · #11 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UGLandrum

Guys, take a look in this forum section on my posting about HughesNet, you will come away with a different point of view about FAP's, HUGESNET IS BETTER!

-Will

Depends on your usage. If you do large (>175 MB) quick downloads, WildBlue is better. I just downloaded 330Mb of Corel updates in 30-minutes. This would take hours on Hughesnet because you would get FAPPED half-way through. However, if you want to dribble along at a slower pace, you can download more GB per 30-day period with Hughesnet than WildBlue.

Jim-S · #12 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 02:31 PM

The company I work for is in an area where there is no cable and too far away from the at&t central office for DSL. We went with Hughesnet it worked great, until the modem died. So I called Hughesnet, what a process I had to go thru with them just to prove the modem was OD. The tech's I had to deal with were in another country, I had a language barrier. After a few days they determined the modem was bad and they will ship another one in five to seven days. That was about six months ago still no modem. When we have called them about it many times, they keep giving us the run around. We said we want to drop the service we were told that we had to pay a penalty fee because we had a contract. It was cheeper to pay monthly than to pay the penalty fee. So much for Hughes.

ayelvington · #13 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 03:25 PM

I am running a small home network in NW Pennsylvania off of Wild Blue and things have been going well. I had issues with the installation, but I always do with contractor installations. The bottom line is that it's working and supporting a small LAN without any challenges.

Installation quality is the cornerstone of all of these services, and I regret that there doesn't seem to be a lot of incentive for the installer to excel beyond getting it to work marginally before they leave. Know what you expect, ask to see the installation checklist, and go behind the installer to make sure they really did it. My dish was not grounded...

It's buyer-beware, but the Wild Blue product does work.

Al