[LUNA] Satellite Internet

[Allen Krell]

AT&T has been talking about u-verse for years, I am not counting on it in
my neighborhood in my lifetime.

I think everyone is frustrated because internet access in huntsville is no
better than it was in the earlier days of broadband over 10 years ago.  In
some ways, it seems worse.


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Bob Nance <bob.nance at novationsys.com>wrote:

>
>
> > Does anyone on the list use HughesNet?  I have DSL with ATT.  However, I
> > only have 1.5Mbps.  My internet is getting slow.  I have all my TVs,
> > computers, laptops, and XBox connected.  I need more bandwidth.  I have
> > heard that ATT is not buying anymore equipment.
> >
> > Looks like HughesNet is my only option for faster connection.  Just
> > wanted some opinions if some on the use Satellite.
>
> AT&T is moving to uVerse, which is supposed to provide higher bandwidth by
> moving fiber closer to the end-user. Right now, I think the fiber is closer
> that it was, but still several miles and several months away. In the
> mean-time, they have applied the name uVerse to all of their home circuits,
> as if that's a reasonable thing to do.
>
> We talked to Traveller for some business clients a couple of years ago.
> They provided fixed wireless services in a wide area, including most of
> Huntsville and surrounding areas in view of large hills with towers on them.
>
> http://www.traveller.com/
>
> BamaWISP was another fixed-wireless provider..
>
> http://bamawisp.com was purchased by Advanced Broadband
> http://www.advbroadband.net/
>
> However, 100% of the people I know that use HughesNET hate it.
>
>
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>   Bob Nance
>   Novation Systems
>   bob.nance at novationsys.com
>   256-534-4620
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