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Steven Thompson
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Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:02 am Post subject:
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Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore service
on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar Satellite that
was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12 years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting to
lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on this
unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how low one
will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT equipment one
things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting for or, using
Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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Jeff
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:16 am Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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Same thoughts here. Also their sales dept. sounds good, but make sure if
anyone ever considers them that you call their tech support first and try a
test question on them. When I called I was horrified that not only did the
tech support person not know the details about fap on their plans (when
sales had told me to direct my question to their tech dept.) but more,
Skycasters tech support said they didn't know anything about FAP, how it
works, etc... at all. Then the Skycasters tech support agent said "let me
ask the people around me" and after a minute "nope, no one here knows
anything about it." That seems like it would be a basic question that
people would ask since FAP is a way of life on a direcway system, and to
know nothing at all about it tells me that they're not providing much tech
support. When I called sales they led me to belive that superior tech
support provided by Skycasters as a VAR was a reason to pay the $10 extra
per month vs. going with direcway directly; it seems now like it's the
opposite way around and by going with Skycasters you would be getting zero
tech support if you ever needed it.
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
| Quote: | Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service
on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar Satellite
that
was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12 years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to
lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on this
unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how low
one
will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT equipment one
things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting for or, using
Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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peeps
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:19 am Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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why should they be ashamed?
the way I look at it, they should be praised for
trying to save your ass from a horrible company
like Starband.
20kbps upload speed MAX for 9 months!
Numerous tech visits, phone calls, complaints,
and no solution... 20kbps PLUS 1 second latency.
Gee thats broadband alright.
And what happened to their ALWAYS ON theory?
Starband is a wanna-be... never will, but wanna be!
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
| Quote: | Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar
Satellite that was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12
years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on
this unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how
low one will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT
equipment one things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting
for or, using Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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peeps
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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A decent dialup connection works better..AND
youre able to do MORE, like voice, and gaming.
Not to mention loads cheaper.
"Jeff" <nospam@dont-spam-me.com> wrote in message
news:nl7sd.23$g36.10@fe25.usenetserver.com...
| Quote: | Same thoughts here. Also their sales dept. sounds good, but make sure if
anyone ever considers them that you call their tech support first and try
a
test question on them. When I called I was horrified that not only did
the
tech support person not know the details about fap on their plans (when
sales had told me to direct my question to their tech dept.) but more,
Skycasters tech support said they didn't know anything about FAP, how it
works, etc... at all. Then the Skycasters tech support agent said "let me
ask the people around me" and after a minute "nope, no one here knows
anything about it." That seems like it would be a basic question that
people would ask since FAP is a way of life on a direcway system, and to
know nothing at all about it tells me that they're not providing much tech
support. When I called sales they led me to belive that superior tech
support provided by Skycasters as a VAR was a reason to pay the $10 extra
per month vs. going with direcway directly; it seems now like it's the
opposite way around and by going with Skycasters you would be getting zero
tech support if you ever needed it.
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service
on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar Satellite
that
was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12 years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to
lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on
this
unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how low
one
will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT equipment one
things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting for or, using
Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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Jeff
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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"peeps" <peeps@peeps.net> wrote in message
news:gGcsd.607574$mD.459606@attbi_s02...
| Quote: | why should they be ashamed?
the way I look at it, they should be praised for
trying to save your ass from a horrible company
like Starband.
20kbps upload speed MAX for 9 months!
Numerous tech visits, phone calls, complaints,
and no solution... 20kbps PLUS 1 second latency.
Gee thats broadband alright.
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Who are you talking about - direcway or starband or ???
On Starband I've had 45-55 Kbps up and around 700 Kbps down for the last 4
months or so... it's nothing compared to cable or dsl or wireless, but it's
a heck of a lot better than dialup for browsing non-text sites (e.g.
galleries, photography sites, etc.) or downloading anything, and a little
faster for uploading larger files. I wouldn't give up dialup - I still use
it for ftp, ssh, and secure sites - but while starband was down and I had
only dialup, I sure did miss having the always on satellite connection.
| Quote: | And what happened to their ALWAYS ON theory?
Starband is a wanna-be... never will, but wanna be!
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What happened was quite rare (I think intelsat said the last satellite they
lost control of was 20 years ago!) When the last hurricane went through
Florida, lots of friends with cable connections lost their connection.
Disasters happen. |
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Jeff
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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If you prefer dialup, do you get software updates sent to you on CD every
week or something?
"peeps" <peeps@peeps.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | A decent dialup connection works better..AND
youre able to do MORE, like voice, and gaming.
Not to mention loads cheaper. |
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Sam
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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why shouldn't they bow down and kiss the ass of salvation
don't you republicans kiss each others ass all the time and for
the sake of nothing
peeps wrote:
| Quote: | why should they be ashamed?
the way I look at it, they should be praised for
trying to save your ass from a horrible company
like Starband.
20kbps upload speed MAX for 9 months!
Numerous tech visits, phone calls, complaints,
and no solution... 20kbps PLUS 1 second latency.
Gee thats broadband alright.
And what happened to their ALWAYS ON theory?
Starband is a wanna-be... never will, but wanna be!
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar
Satellite that was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12
years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on
this unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how
low one will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT
equipment one things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting
for or, using Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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Sam
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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naw,, he gets his up date injections on his knees
down at the local library where he works
Jeff wrote:
| Quote: | If you prefer dialup, do you get software updates sent to you on CD every
week or something?
"peeps" <peeps@peeps.net> wrote in message
news:jHcsd.187756$HA.26771@attbi_s01...
A decent dialup connection works better..AND
youre able to do MORE, like voice, and gaming.
Not to mention loads cheaper.
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peeps
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject:
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you must be too used to Starband to ask that question..
:)
"Jeff" <nospam@dont-spam-me.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | If you prefer dialup, do you get software updates sent to you on CD every
week or something?
"peeps" <peeps@peeps.net> wrote in message
news:jHcsd.187756$HA.26771@attbi_s01...
A decent dialup connection works better..AND
youre able to do MORE, like voice, and gaming.
Not to mention loads cheaper.
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peeps
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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damn Sam, you a Starband fan again now?
"Sam" <sam@samsneed.net> wrote in message
news:10r3ek4rpiicq60@corp.supernews.com...
| Quote: | why shouldn't they bow down and kiss the ass of salvation
don't you republicans kiss each others ass all the time and for
the sake of nothing
peeps wrote:
why should they be ashamed?
the way I look at it, they should be praised for
trying to save your ass from a horrible company
like Starband.
20kbps upload speed MAX for 9 months!
Numerous tech visits, phone calls, complaints,
and no solution... 20kbps PLUS 1 second latency.
Gee thats broadband alright.
And what happened to their ALWAYS ON theory?
Starband is a wanna-be... never will, but wanna be!
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar
Satellite that was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12
years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on
this unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how
low one will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT
equipment one things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting
for or, using Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
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Sam
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Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject:
Re: Buzzards or Whores? |
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me said they not me
peeps wrote:
| Quote: | damn Sam, you a Starband fan again now?
"Sam" <sam@samsneed.net> wrote in message
news:10r3ek4rpiicq60@corp.supernews.com...
why shouldn't they bow down and kiss the ass of salvation
don't you republicans kiss each others ass all the time and for
the sake of nothing
peeps wrote:
why should they be ashamed?
the way I look at it, they should be praised for
trying to save your ass from a horrible company
like Starband.
20kbps upload speed MAX for 9 months!
Numerous tech visits, phone calls, complaints,
and no solution... 20kbps PLUS 1 second latency.
Gee thats broadband alright.
And what happened to their ALWAYS ON theory?
Starband is a wanna-be... never will, but wanna be!
"Steven Thompson" <sthompson@airwerx.com> wrote in message
news:1jTrd.53$qv.44@fe25.usenetserver.com...
Thank god the engineers from Loral and Intelsat were able to restore
service on IA-7. It was hard to imagine losing a multi-million dollar
Satellite that was only 5 years into its projected lifespan of 10-12
years.
As for those who have e-mailed StarBand dealers and customers attempting
to lure us into their fold; Shame on you for attempting to capitalize on
this unfortunate event. Skycasters has shown each and every one of us how
low one will stoop. As a professional 'level 3' installer of VSAT
equipment one things for certain; I'll never again consider contracting
for or, using Skycaster/DirecWay products.
Respectively submitted,
Steven Thompson
Cluster 50, IA-7
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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kryppy
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Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:39 am Post subject:
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:33:16 -0500, "Jeff" <nospam@dont-spam-me.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | What happened was quite rare (I think intelsat said the last satellite they
lost control of was 20 years ago!) When the last hurricane went through
Florida, lots of friends with cable connections lost their connection.
Disasters happen.
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My DSL was down for four hours during the damn second hurricane. |
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