[majorvices]

Some of you may know that I live so far out in the sticks that I have not had access to high speed internet for 7 years or so. Welp, I finally got rid of dial up and got satellite internet through Hughes Net. Not as fast as the cable modem at work but soooo much better than dial up. And I also have WiFi through out the entire house now, which means I can surf the forum on my iPod. Woot!

Side note: I actually downloaded the Avenger's Trailer yesterday (20 megs). Still took about 10 minutes or so but I could never do that on DU.

[bo]

Good luck with that. I had it and finally got rid of it, because they kept throttling my speed based on their MVG (Monthly Volume Guarantee).

[theDarkSide]

And I also have WiFi through out the entire house now, which means I can surf the forum on my iPod. Woot!

Congrats!  But please, no posting pictures from the "Throne" room

[MDixon]

I was at a hotel and needed a 256MB file and the download time was going to be an two and a half hours!!! I had my wife get it for me at work to pull out the two files I needed. When I got home I downloaded the file and it took about 5 min.

[bluesman]

Nice!

Faster is always better when it comes to the great wide world of internet activities.  

[theDarkSide]

Nice!

Faster is always better when it comes to the great wide world of internet activities.  

I think this guy would disagree. 
 

[1vertical]

I remember when we made that move. What a difference. Ours was
all to WiFi tho, no satellite.  We use line of sight rf antenna...

[majorvices]

.

I was at a hotel and needed a 256MB file and the download time was going to be an two and a half hours!!! I had my wife get it for me at work to pull out the two files I needed. When I got home I downloaded the file and it took about 5 min.

It certainly ain't the fastest and I won't be streaming any Netflix movies any time soon but downloading a 256 meg file in 2 hours would be awesome considering you could never finish the download on dial up. Now checking email at home is a 20 second task rather than a 1-2 minute task. I'll take it. For now. 

[bo]

Is it still $60 - a month?

[majorvices]

$39.99, no installation fee. The $600 installation fee was the stopper for me. Up until now.

[1vertical]

Mine is the same @ $40

[bo]

It's come down a lot and you're right, I had to pay that $600 fee. They wouldn't let me do it myself, because it involves microwave transmission.

[denny]

Some of you may know that I live so far out in the sticks that I have not had access to high speed internet for 7 years or so. Welp, I finally got rid of dial up and got satellite internet through Hughes Net. Not as fast as the cable modem at work but soooo much better than dial up. And I also have WiFi through out the entire house now, which means I can surf the forum on my iPod. Woot!

Side note: I actually downloaded the Avenger's Trailer yesterday (20 megs). Still took about 10 minutes or so but I could never do that on DU.

I went through the same transition a few years back.  Satellite internet was great til we got a heavy rainstorm or snow (which you probably don't have to worry about).  We had satellite for 3 years or so, then our extremely tiny cable co. finally offered internet service.  I jumped on it...much faster and cheaper than satellite.

[denny]

$39.99, no installation fee. The $600 installation fee was the stopper for me. Up until now.

Good price.  We paid about $80/mo., but that was for the fastest, highest volume tier so my wife could work from home.

[rabid_dingo]

Welcome to the 21st century.