[LUNA] Satellite Internet

Tue May 21 22:56:00 CDT 2013

I own my own cable modem.  Unfortunately, I am now behind the times and
cannot take advantage of the new DOCSIS3 speeds.

It's nice to save the rental fee, but then you have to bear the cost of
upgrades and repairs.
On May 21, 2013 10:49 PM, "Christopher R Key" <crkey at crkey.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> 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
>
> ---
>   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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