-=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet
- From: "Hank Smith" <hanksmith5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:28:39 -0700
my folks are with trico and its not to better.
thing is really offal
its a form of sattle lite internet
my folks live in the boonies. but at least its high speed of sorts.
Hank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 6:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet
> Sandi,
> Of all the satellite high speed internet services available,
> DishNetwork's WildBlue is the best there is. After doing a TON of
> research
> on all of the possible satellite providers, we had it for a little over a
> year (~$80 US/month) and absolutely HATED it! However, I believe our
> experience would have been even worse had we gone with a different
> satellite
> provider. Translation: Hold onto your dial-up until you can get a better
> hard-wired connection to the super highway of data. You'll be much
> happier
> in the long run.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:49 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet
>
>
>> Hank, I am going to hitch on to your subject since this has been
>> uppermost
>> in my mind these past few days. I am sorry I can't help you with your
>> choices but I have a tale to tell about my search for high speed
>> internet.
>> I decided to go with Wild Blue through Dish Network. They made an appt.
>> to
>> set me up July 3rd between 8 and 12 noon. I waited, not too patiently,
>> until noon and then I called. Learned that someone had failed to get the
>> work order out. The lady mentioned that it was on my credit card so I
>> checked and sure enough it had already been charged to me. We set up
>> another appointment this time for July 17th between 8 and noon. Again no
>> one showed up and no one called. I spent the afternoon on the phone
>> trying
>> to find out what happened and trying to find someone who knew. I was put
>> in
>> touch with their subcontractor, Blue Sky, and she said they were in my
>> town
>> and I would be next on the list. Did I still want it? I told her if
>> they
>> could still get to me this same day,yes. No one called me back and no
>> one
>> showed up. At about 5 p.m. I called again and she said no one was even
>> in
>> this area and they had no one out here to do the work. I canceled the
>> order
>> and asked for a refund. I am glad I found out how unreliable they are
>> before being locked in to an 18 month contract.
>> Still researching my options--and still on dialup.
>> Sandi
>
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