[LUNA] Satellite Internet

Tue May 21 22:49:46 CDT 2013

With respect to Comcast, what are people's experiences with cable modems? Does anyone on list own theirs or rent at $7/mo?  I'm considering buying a modem just so I can knock one more cost off their billing. They're relatively cheap now and the breakeven is just at or under a year now.

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From: Bob Nance <bob.nance at novationsys.com> 
Date:  
To: Christopher R Key <crkey at crkey.com> 
Subject: Re: [LUNA] Satellite Internet 

Our office is in central Huntsville. Same AT&T options, none. Though, AT&T engineering claims that uVerse will start here "real soon, now™" 

We use Comcast and, other than a truck pulling the line off, we have had no problems :)

-Bob

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

On May 21, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Allen Krell <allen.krell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In my neighborhood, in the heart of Huntsville, no AT&T options.
> Grandfathered Knology running 8-10 Mb/sec with resets 2-3 times per
> week.    I could try Comcast, but haven't yet.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Jake Williams <jake at amynjakefamily.com>wrote:
> 
>> 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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