I'm having the DishNet ( Exede ) Service installed on the 24th, and intend to try to use it heavily.
I'm looking for any and all comments about this service so that I can get a better feel for what I can and can not do.
I'm going to install it on a second wan port , and do testing with it as primary, secondary, load balancing, round robin ... in an attempt to see:
- how quickly the data consumption goes
- how badly the latency comes in to play
With the hopes of ending up using it as my primary full time connection.
The other ( and current ) service is Verizon DSL 3mb ... but I'm a touch past normal service distance and am having frequent noise problems resulting in slow downs and having to manually hard reboot the modem. So far I've avoided the recommendation to reduce my throughput to 1.5mb to allow for a "smother ride".
Note: This is all in my home office, and we are pretty much way out in the country with zero options outside of our very lucky to have copper from verizon. Cell/mobile isnt even really an option since service is spotty and inconsistent. So ... here I looking at sat internet after many years away from it. ( was a beta tester of the *band service, before that had isdn, and before that dial up )
Anyways ... on the exede ...
I regularly do the following:
1) voip on a polycom
2) gotomeeting ( 1 to 3 hrs a day )
3) logmein ( mostly incoming to a xen vm from a remote subcontractor )
4) vpn in a at least two vm's at any given time.
5) ftp and telnet sessions
6) dishnetwork cnn ipad app live streaming.
7) remote access to ms sql and mysql servers
8) regular browsing and email
all with an active AT&T microcell/femtocell
I know this may not be extreme power user stuff to a few of you ... but its not casual user stuff by any means and is a non trivial use of my ( current ) little 3mb problematic pipe.
So ... anyone have experience using exede with any of the above list of activities?
Comments or suggestions on what to do or not to do before, during and once it is installed?
I'm looking for any and all comments about this service so that I can get a better feel for what I can and can not do.
I'm going to install it on a second wan port , and do testing with it as primary, secondary, load balancing, round robin ... in an attempt to see:
- how quickly the data consumption goes
- how badly the latency comes in to play
With the hopes of ending up using it as my primary full time connection.
The other ( and current ) service is Verizon DSL 3mb ... but I'm a touch past normal service distance and am having frequent noise problems resulting in slow downs and having to manually hard reboot the modem. So far I've avoided the recommendation to reduce my throughput to 1.5mb to allow for a "smother ride".
Note: This is all in my home office, and we are pretty much way out in the country with zero options outside of our very lucky to have copper from verizon. Cell/mobile isnt even really an option since service is spotty and inconsistent. So ... here I looking at sat internet after many years away from it. ( was a beta tester of the *band service, before that had isdn, and before that dial up )
Anyways ... on the exede ...
I regularly do the following:
1) voip on a polycom
2) gotomeeting ( 1 to 3 hrs a day )
3) logmein ( mostly incoming to a xen vm from a remote subcontractor )
4) vpn in a at least two vm's at any given time.
5) ftp and telnet sessions
6) dishnetwork cnn ipad app live streaming.
7) remote access to ms sql and mysql servers
8) regular browsing and email
all with an active AT&T microcell/femtocell
I know this may not be extreme power user stuff to a few of you ... but its not casual user stuff by any means and is a non trivial use of my ( current ) little 3mb problematic pipe.
So ... anyone have experience using exede with any of the above list of activities?
Comments or suggestions on what to do or not to do before, during and once it is installed?