Wild Blue and ethernet connection

[Solo]

I have finally gotten mad enough to switch from dial-up to something better. After one of the discussions from yesterday, I signed up for satellite internet from Dishnetwork. It's through Wild Blue. It calls for an ethernet network card. Ok, how do I tell if I have an ethernet network card?

Solo

 

[MossRoad]

Look at the back of your computer. You will see something similar to a phone jack, except it is wider and has 8 pins inside.

 

[jdbower]

Also note the symbol above the port:

 

[Solo]

Thanks fellows. I thought that was the plug but I wasn't sure.

Solo

 

[Western]

Have you tried it out? what about reliablitly? this is something I have been considering.

 

[CurlyDave]

When we first bought our property, we were living in an RV when we came to it. We really wanted internet and got Wild Blue. Then DSL became available, and I had a phone installed in the pumphouse, so I could use the DSL.

When we finished the house and moved into it, I moved the DSL.

Wild Blue is significantly better than dial-up. DSL in a rural setting is significantly better than Wild Blue. DSL in a suburb is significantly better than DSL in our rural area. Cable internet is significantly better than DSL in a suburban area.

If Wild Blue is the best you can get, it is miles ahead of dial-up.

 

[Jimbrown]

Some reading whaile you wait.
WildBlue Satellite forum - dslreports.com broadband community

 

[AlanB]

I have Wildblue, and agree exactly with what CurlyDave said.

That said, when I am waiting on something to load, and what I pay each month crosses my mind, I usually start to think Dialup would not be so bad.

But SWMBO and SWMBO in training quickly put the Kabash on that idea.

 

[rcrcomputing]

Satellite internet is the worst connection you can have "other than dialup".
check out the forums on dslreports.com.
That being said, it beats the heck out of dialup. No online gaming. No pcanywhere into your machine at home etc.. Your latency is way to high. It takes the signal to long to get to you. It's like the differance between water pressure and water volume, you have no pressure, but you do have some volume. So http traffic comes pretty quick once it starts. Https (ie banking etc) will be really slow.
Downloads should be pretty good. However, I'd imagine Wild Blue has something similiar to FAP (Fair access Policy). This means if you try to download an ISO image or any other BIG files, you will be slowed down as punishment for a day.

They will probably want to load software on your machine, it's not needed. Just slow the machine down.

My experience is with Hughes. Not Wild Blue. Though I'm not much impressed with my customers that do have Wild Blue, though I have other customers that say it's not to bad..
Welcome to satellite, where they have your right where they want you!

 

[Jimbrown]

The wild blue FAP is much worse than the Hughes FAP once you exceed it. You could be FAPPED on wildblue for as long as 30 days if you downloaded a whole bunch in one day. Granted it would have to be hundreds of megabytes. The instaler that put in my 9000 system does wildblue, hughes, starband, and others. He told me that he has more complaints about wildblue than he does hughes.