Any method of communication will slow down when it is heavily used.
Around here Cox cable is probably the fastest, but my friend complained
that it slowed down in the evening. I have had DirecTV (now Hughsnet)
and it slowed down significantly between six and eight in the evening.
Now I have WildBlue, like you, and it seems to have a mind of its own.
But even at 1.5mbs, I cannot stream video - it has to be buffered a bit.
However, it does seem unreasonable that your sister next door is faster
if she is ALSWAYS faster. (It would be difficult to test this.) Maybe
her equipment is in better working order. Maybe your contacts are not
as clean as they ought to be or maybe your receiver is not up to snuff.
However, if you are working at the full 500kbs later in the evening, it
seems that you are in full working order. I pay and extra $30/mo for
the 1.5mbs. If you are frustrated with your speed, then maybe it would
be worth it to you. However, the satellite is the choking point and it
can only deliver the signal just so fast. I don't know if a priority is
given to premium subscribers or not.
The real bummer is that I pay $80/mo for my satellite ISP, and my buddy
in the city pays $40/mo for his Cox internet and his is EIGHT times
faster than mine!!! (One of the disadvantages of living in a rural
area.)
Dean Kukral
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hulda Robertson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] All my media players keep going on and off
Don, I thank you for your response about the satellite and I am really
beginning to think that is true that Wild Blue put me on a beam with too
many people.
Here is what happened. I have been offline since Saturday (USA time). My
computer hung up and I could not get windows to boot so after several
tries and failures I called HP. They determined I would need to reformat
and said they would send me the disks. On Tuesday noon 9 disks arrived
and I commenced the horrible procedure of wiping out my HD etc. I
thought to myself it might be for the best and now my computer will be
nice and fresh and any nasties which might be in there will be gone~.
So, on Wednesday evening I tuned into one of the streaming programs
which was live and on audio-not video. Unbelievable, it buffered and
stopped and I could not get it going at all. I got an error message
which I did copy and which I will call Wild Blue about. The error states
"the server has unexpectedly termintated the connection. Possible causes
for this include, server problems, network problems,or a long period of
inactivity. server: wildblue.net" etc.So it seems like I might be able
to eliminate my computer as the culprit. I did do a bandidth speed test
before I started and it was 309 at pcpitstop. I did figure when I saw it
that low it might be a problem. Well at around 11PM I did another
bandwidth speed test and so then it was 515~~!! I am so frustrated now
at WB. I do not like paying the same amount per month as my sister and
not receive the same benefits. This means I can never listen any evening
to live streaming or the archives. So either their equipment is faulty
in the evening or I am on the same beam as too many other people in the
evening times. Next step is to have a chat with WB. Wish me luck
Regards, Hulda
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