Better than hauling bits in a bucket but not by much, WildBlue underdelivers again:



But, some of this may be my wireless. The router is 375 feet away at the wellhouse, hanging under the eave in Ziploc freezer bag. Between the marginal antenna placement and this Faraday Cage of a house, I'm only getting about 40-50% signal strength.

I have a new open source wireless router with a 9dB gain antenna just waiting for me to install...

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

32799 down, 39718 up at work. should be faster, but with firewall and bunch of switches in between guess thats it.

I'll have to try mine out at home on that site. I line in the sticks and I can't get DSL because the phone lines date back to the 50's. I don't want cable so I ended up with clearwire.

Here at work it's:

55525 down and 27017 up... I get spoiled.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Meh speed. But it works pretty good for most porn, I mean work related downloads.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

photoshop.....sorry couldn't resist.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

No but this one is.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Nope its the truth, I was surprised myself (I had never done a speed test before)

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I'm thankful for my DSL and probably would not live in an area without good broadband since I need it for work, the biggest problem with your wild blue is the ping (latentcy) which is god aweful. Have you checked with your cellular carriers for wimax, evdo or 3g?

You could download the whole internet.

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Satan creates nothing: he only ruins everything. He does not invent: he tampers. And his followers are no different ~ Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigaṇ

that aluminum hat helps too.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

My trusty Hayes 2400 Smartmodem still works!

Hughes was 1000/142. Garbage.

Thanks, funniest thing I've seen in a while.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Easily faked.....click Back the cached file is sent again.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

That latency has to be the 22k miles to the satellite.

We basically are on the edge of the known universe so, cellular is spotty at the best of times. The only options then are satellite and wireless ISP LOS from various towers. None of the wireless broadband outfits wanted to play ball in a reasonable fashion (ie: everyone wanted $500+ for a POS tower that could make it LOS because we're in a low area) and I've heard horror stories about HughesNet so, I chose WildBlue.

Lesser of all evils.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.