David Spain wrote:
> Dino wrote:
>> Thanks that is not super fast but blows the doors off of Wildblue
>> which I cancelled last month.I was getting ping times of 2800ms at
>> peak with Wildblue.
>
> Sounds like Wildblue is a victim of its own success. As was predicted
> here many, many moons ago, by Don, myself and others....
>
> Satellite offers wonder promise, at the beginning, then slowly bogs down
> as subscribers get added fast in order to make the service profitable.
>
> Eventually the lack of space-based infrastructure catches up and the
> service
> bogs down. This becomes a *real* impediment for Ka-band based services
> such as Wildblue. There just aren't enough Ka-band transponders up there
> to lease from, unlike Ku or even C band.
>
> And with the recent SeaLaunch explosion, things are only going to get worse
> before they get better.
>
> Dave
Yes Wildblue rocked the first 2 months I had it,but I to thought that KA
Band would bite them.You can spit on the dish and loose modem lock.
But I think when they made people agree to a contract the writing was on
the wall,money was more important than customer service.I would say that
the contracts are why they are still alive.