Posts Tagged ‘wildblue satellite internet’
Friday, July 9th, 2010
The Wildblue Installation Process is usually pretty straightforward and will only take about two or three hours from start to finish. When the Wildblue technician first arrives on the job site he will verify all of the pertinent information with the customer. After that he will find the best place to mount the dish and will make sure that there is a line of sight at the location. He will determine the cable routes and confirm the preferred location of the Wildblue modem with the customer and make sure that the PC has all of the minimum system requirements. After these preliminary steps are taken care of he can move on to the actual installation process. Often times the dish can be mounted to the roof of the house. If the view of the Wildblue satellite is obstructed then he may have to find an alternative location to mount the dish. A pole mount is usually the best substitute if the dish cannot be mounted on the roof or side of the building. . . Once the dish is assembled and ready to be mounted, the technician will point the dish toward the Widlblue satellite and use a special meter to ‘peak out’ the signal. Once the signal is maxed out then they can begin running the cable from the dish to the modem. Usually they are able to run the cable straight down the wall and drill a hole through the exterior wall of the building and into the room that the modem will be installed in. The distance from the dish to the modem cannot exceed 100 feet. After the dish is grounded and the cable is connected to the modem they will hook up the Wildlblue modem to the computer via an Ethernet cable. The technician will call and activate the modem, properly configure all of the necessary computer settings, and activate the customer’s email account. He will then give a short demonstration of how to use the internet and email with Wildblue. When any discarded installation materials are cleaned up then the Wildblue installation process is complete and the new Wildblue subscriber can begin surfing the internet at lightning fast speeds.
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Tags: Rural Satellite Internet Service, WildBlue Installations, wildblue satellite internet
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Some people have expressed concern that they found a negative review about Wildblue when researching the satellite internet service. Some consider these reports to be the gospel truth. The fact remains that there are always two sides to every story and it is simply our human nature to want to embellish a story in order to make it more interesting. I too have read these same posts on the exact same forums and have found some to be quite entertaining. I am not trying to discredit any of these accounts. However, while some people are bound to have a negative experience, independent research studies have shown that 94% of Wildblue subscribers are either “Happy” or “Very Happy” with the service. In addition, 9 out of 10 customers would recommend Wildblue to a friend or family member. In the same surveys users reported “excellent” ratings in installation quality, reliability, download and upload speeds, and customer care. Wildblue has recently received a “BBR Gold Award” from BroadbandReports.com and scored the highest ratings among satellite internet providers in “Install Coordination”, “Connection Reliability”, “Pre-Sales Information” and “Value for Money”.
Tags: Rural Satellite Internet Service, WildBlue Reviews, wildblue satellite internet
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
All satellite internet providers have what they call a Fair Access Policy or FAP. This policy places a ceiling on the amount of information a user can download and upload within a given span of time. With Wildblue this amount of data will accumulate within a 30-day rolling period (each new day another day will fall off from 30 days ago). The usage limit is determined by whatever package one would choose to go with. A customer is notified via email once they reach 80% of their limit. If the given threshold is exceeded then the user’s speeds would be reduced to around twice that of dial-up until they are back to 70% of the threshold. The speeds would then be restored to the original levels by the next day.
Tags: rural internet, Rural Satellite Internet Service, Wild Blue Fair Access Policy, wildblue satellite internet
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
As the title states, this article relates to Newsgroups. We very rarely hear about newsgroups anymore. There are several reasons for this. I believe that more and more people are getting information from Online Forum groups, helpful web sites and of course Googling.
I would like to make the case that there is still room for the good old fashioned Newsgroup. Using a news reader rather than a browser can make the experience faster for many, depending on the speed of their particular computer.
Tags: rural internet, rural satellite internet, wild blue internet, WildBlue Newsgroups, wildblue satellite internet
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
As we near the date of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction and the 9th anniversary of 9/11, it is a good time to see how far we have come in correcting severe communication breakdowns in both disasters. We may not be able to prevent all disasters, but we can improve our response. One of the main components of that response is communication.
Satellites are key in planning emergency responses by local, state and the federal government. Everyone seems to have learned the lesson that lack of communication will make a disaster a catastrophy for the individuals that are affected. We have all heard the tapes from 9/11 of firemen and police officers unable to communicate with each other or with other emergency responders. We repeated this scenario again in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Tags: rural internet, rural satellite internet, wild blue satellite internet, wildblue satellite internet
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
One of the big questions people have about Wildblue Satellite Internet is ‘How long will it take to install and get it running?” Wildblue has said from the start that time to install is a matter of a few hours for most standard installations. Folks who’ve dealt with other satellite dish installations were skeptical, but a look at the various satellite user forums bear out Wildblue’s time frame.
Most people using a standard wall or roof mount installation report that it has taken less than four hours from the time the installer pulled into the driveway till they were surfing the net happily. What can you do to make sure that your install goes that quickly and easily?
Tags: rural internet, rural satellite internet, wild blue satellite internet, WildBlue Instillations, wildblue satellite internet
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
So you’ve probably read that Wildblue Satellite uses ’spot beam technology’ so they can reuse transmission frequencies. I mentioned this to a friend who’s been in the IT industry almost since it started, and he commented, “Sounds like sales talk to me.” And you know, he’s right – it DOES sound like the kind of techie sales talk that makes people nod and go ‘uh huh’ while their eyes start glazing over. When I went looking for an easy way to explain spot beam technology and why Wildblue uses it, I ran into lots of talk about ‘footprints’ and ‘wide beams’ and ‘narrow beams’ that didn’t help make it any clearer. What I wanted was an explanation that my mother would understand. So here it is.
Tags: rural internet, rural satellite internet, wildblue satellite internet, WildBlue Spot Beams
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
I’m a heavy internet user. When folks send out surveys about internet usage, I’m one of the ones that usually fall into the ‘power user’ categories. For the past few years, though, I’ve felt increasingly left behind by the new internet techology because I was stuck with a dialup connection. I felt like I was only getting half of the Internet. And I was. Low bandwidth speeds meant that I couldn’t use a webcam to chat with friends. I got left behind in chatroom conversations and couldn’t use a lot of web sites that use databases to store information – even discussion forums took so long to load that I often gave up waiting and found something else to do. On Wildblue, all that is changed. Here are five things I can do on Wildblue that I couldn’t do on dialup.
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Tags: rural internet, wild blue satellite internet, WildBlue Advantages, wildblue satellite internet
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
Minor Interruptions with Wild Blue Satellite Connection
A few weeks ago I was having some minor interruptions in service that would last at least 5 minutes. When I had problems in the past I could have everything back up and running after unplugging my modem and my router for 1 minute. Once the modem was synced I plugged in the router.
As far as the culprit was concerned I had many suggestions, even regarding the cabling and connectors. If you had your system installed through Wild Blue directly or your NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Coop), chances are that you had a very well trained installer and your problem may very well lie within your home.
Tags: fast rural internet, rural internet, wildblue satellite internet, WildBlue Tech Support
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
WildBlue Communications is continuing to move forward in the delivery of satellite broadband connections. On January 10, 2006 they closed a secured
credit facility of over $200 million. These funds will be used to continue the steady growth of its high speed Internet access business. Terms of the credit facility were not disclosed.
WildBlue will use the financing to grow its broadband business and to facilitate the launch of a satellite in the 4th quarter of 2006. The new satellite will enable WildBlue to grow its customer base of home and business users. The demand for the service has been very strong among consumers that are not served by other broadband alternatives.
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OVER $200 MILLION OF SHAREHOLDER FINANCING SECURED BY WILDBLUE
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The Wildblue Installation Process is usually pretty straightforward and will only take about two or three hours from start to finish. When the Wildblue technician first arrives on the job site he will verify all of the pertinent information with the customer. After that he will find the best place to mount the dish and will make sure that there is a line of sight at the location. He will determine the cable routes and confirm the preferred location of the Wildblue modem with the customer and make sure that the PC has all of the minimum system requirements. After these preliminary steps are taken care of he can move on to the actual installation process. Often times the dish can be mounted to the roof of the house. If the view of the Wildblue satellite is obstructed then he may have to find an alternative location to mount the dish. A pole mount is usually the best substitute if the dish cannot be mounted on the roof or side of the building. . . Once the dish is assembled and ready to be mounted, the technician will point the dish toward the Widlblue satellite and use a special meter to ‘peak out’ the signal. Once the signal is maxed out then they can begin running the cable from the dish to the modem. Usually they are able to run the cable straight down the wall and drill a hole through the exterior wall of the building and into the room that the modem will be installed in. The distance from the dish to the modem cannot exceed 100 feet. After the dish is grounded and the cable is connected to the modem they will hook up the Wildlblue modem to the computer via an Ethernet cable. The technician will call and activate the modem, properly configure all of the necessary computer settings, and activate the customer’s email account. He will then give a short demonstration of how to use the internet and email with Wildblue. When any discarded installation materials are cleaned up then the Wildblue installation process is complete and the new Wildblue subscriber can begin surfing the internet at lightning fast speeds.
