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The longitude is what satellite you are on.  Each satellite has a number of different transponders. 

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Here is what you do to get switched to a new satellite or get a credit. DirecWay ONLY guarantees 500 down/100up as an AVERAGE over a week's time with the Pro account. What you have to do is use MyDirecWay's speed test so they can log the results. What my tech did is average all my speed tests for a week and then gave me the result. I work during the day but on my 2 days off I ran speed tests and my results were terrible (250/18, etc.) However, I ran speed tests late at night or early in the morning and they were 1,000/220, etc. The turkey took these fastest tests and added them to the slowest ones and the average results were 520/120 which met DWay's minimum criteria for the Pro account!!!!! He told me they won't send anyone out unless your average speeds fall below this level! So here is what I am doing. Every day I come home for lunch and run 2 to 3 speed tests. They are always 250 or less down and 100 or less up. Then I run several tests during the later peak hours or morning peak hours where the speed is around 750/190. The average for 2 days so far is 450/120. The download is definitely showing a problem. After a week of this, when I call tech support again and they do an average of my test speeds, they will HAVE to come out because they are NOT meeting their terms of service agreement. They may also issue me another credit as they have done for this month (1 month free). I paid the $200 upgrade fee so I wouldn't be locked into a ridiculously long contract with them. I think they are anticipating a mass migration as more wireless internet becomes available to us out in the boonies. That way they will get their early termination fees. However, if they are violating their terms of service speed guarantee (500/100 average) you DON'T have to pay that early termination fee as they breeched the contract!

If you don't know how to average your test results, here's how.

Run 1 weeks worth of tests. Run several during peak hours when the speeds are the worst. Run 1 or two during peak times when speeds are better but still slow. Do NOT run tests during off peak hours when your speeds will be way over 750/120. You should have over 20 tests run. Add the download speeds up (250+250+750+500+250, etc) then do the same for the upload speeds (160+130+85+28+125, etc.) Then divide the totals for each by the number of tests. In the example above it would be 250+250+750+500+250 divided by 5 (number of tests) and 160+130+85+28+125 divided by 5 (number of tests). In this example the average download speed is 400 (2000 divided by 5) and the average upload speed is 105 (528 divided by 5). The upload average is within range but the download average is well below the 400 guaranteed!!! They have to come out of solve the problem and give you a credit if you persist if they can't deliver on the speed!!!

I hope this helps.  I am waiting to be moved from SatMex 5 at 1230.....a real dog!!!!!

Patrick