[LUNA] Satellite Internet

[Jake Williams]

I would agree with Allen that it is worse, at least in Madison. I have been
with AT&T for almost 4 years on their 1.5Mb DSL service. In the past year I
have noticed it getting slower, and I recently had to upgrade to the 3Mb
circuit to get the same performance I was getting previously. I don't have
a Comcast option (WOW has a monopoly in the city limits) and I have been so
unimpressed by them from a consumer and business standpoint that I want
nothing to do with them (we have their phone service at work).

I remember reading somewhere that AT&T said that their U-Verse buildout was
complete and they aren't planning on expanding it anytime soon. I live in a
neighborhood of 300 houses near downtown Madison and our subdivision
doesn't have it.


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Allen Krell <allen.krell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > ---
> >   Bob Nance
> >   Novation Systems
> >   bob.nance at novationsys.com
> >   256-534-4620
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