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<blockquote data-quote="greyBeered" data-source="post: 2764869" data-attributes="member: 8943"><p>We had it when we lived out in the boonies nw of Tahlequah.</p><p></p><p>It's much better than the old Wild Blue.</p><p></p><p>The problem isn't bw, per se, but latency. There is about an 800 msec (0.8 sec) delay getting the signal to the bird and back, This means that some things, like Skype and VoIP don't work worth a snap. Streaming works OK, though for both audio (pandora) and video.</p><p></p><p>Problems: Fri and Sat evening service sucks. B/C out in the sticks, it's the only thing to do and pretty much everyone is doing it. There's only a limited amount of bandwidth that gets shared by everyone, and when everyone gets on, the performance is not so great.</p><p></p><p>Doesn't work a flip in rain storms. </p><p></p><p>They had a pay for usage sort of plan. When you ran out, it would kinda sorta work, but the performance sucked. There wan't extra charges or anything. I liked that.</p><p></p><p>We got our service through the local electric coop (LERC). They did a good job of service.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it's decent Internet for web surfing, streaming and such. You'll notice some difference compared to City-Folk broadband, but not as much as you would think. Until you try to fire up a low latency application like VoIP or gaming.</p><p></p><p>I was overall happy with it. It was a HUGE improvement over Wild Blue. And was the only Internet we could get (no DSL, we were one of three households in Cherokee CO too far from the central office for DSL), and no cell service on our property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greyBeered, post: 2764869, member: 8943"] We had it when we lived out in the boonies nw of Tahlequah. It's much better than the old Wild Blue. The problem isn't bw, per se, but latency. There is about an 800 msec (0.8 sec) delay getting the signal to the bird and back, This means that some things, like Skype and VoIP don't work worth a snap. Streaming works OK, though for both audio (pandora) and video. Problems: Fri and Sat evening service sucks. B/C out in the sticks, it's the only thing to do and pretty much everyone is doing it. There's only a limited amount of bandwidth that gets shared by everyone, and when everyone gets on, the performance is not so great. Doesn't work a flip in rain storms. They had a pay for usage sort of plan. When you ran out, it would kinda sorta work, but the performance sucked. There wan't extra charges or anything. I liked that. We got our service through the local electric coop (LERC). They did a good job of service. Overall, it's decent Internet for web surfing, streaming and such. You'll notice some difference compared to City-Folk broadband, but not as much as you would think. Until you try to fire up a low latency application like VoIP or gaming. I was overall happy with it. It was a HUGE improvement over Wild Blue. And was the only Internet we could get (no DSL, we were one of three households in Cherokee CO too far from the central office for DSL), and no cell service on our property. [/QUOTE]
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