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Starband does not state any #,s just like Direcpc would not give any #,s in their FAP policy which is one reason they lost the class action lawsuit against them.

Starband 484 has no FAP the 360 has a UPLOAD FAP of 500MB in a 7 day period. That is why they do not get sued for not having it in writing.

Every service provider has this in their policy to cover them legally just in case they want to lower your speed which seams like they are doing with the DW 6000's. Perhaps Starband has recently began limiting some badwidth as well due to the crowding of space on their transponders available. While it's only a guess, it would explain the throttled down speeds some are reporting.

Again, does anyone have news on their satellite that's supposed to be up in April or very soon? That should help BIG with their trouble some are reporting at this time. I'll try to find out more on it myself and post it here too.

You can opt for a cheaper contract with Starband, but I wouldn't want to be locked in so either a 1 year or month-to-month fee of $150-$160 would be perfect for my needs.

Jeffery,  I don't believe that Starband has plans in the works for a new bird.  They can't even afford to stay on the two they are leasing now.  Perhaps you are referring to Wildblue?

Quote:  "You can opt for a cheaper contract with Starband, but I wouldn't want to be locked in so either a 1 year or month-to-month fee of $150-$160 would be perfect for my needs."

1-800-4starband ask for sales

Mr Ranger

$40 starter plan is stated to be throttled to 256K down, which I was willing to accept considering the 26.4 I was getting with dialup; but I am getting higher rates than that.  You also only get 1 SB email address and some other limitations.  I don't need the email addreass at all, I have about 20 others, and 3 domains, so I can create as many as I need.  I was told that POP3 access was limited or blocked, but it works fine for me.

As far as I know the $40 rates stays as long as you are with them. The idea is that they already have their subsidy money out of the modem.  You pay more for the service when you buy new hardware because they are subsidising the cost of the equipment and then getting it back with the monthly rates.  DishTV and DirectTV do the same thing.

I took the pre-cert installer test with an eye towards the full test, so I could install some others around here.  I worked it out with the dealer for them to call in the activation once I got it installed and got a signal lock, so the install didn't cost me anything, and was very easy.


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::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 1402 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 171 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:51:42 GMT-0600
Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.99 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 95.57 % of your hosts average (178.21)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-T03ENF9U4



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::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 2131 Kbps about 2.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Download Speed is:: 260 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:59:25 GMT-0600
Bottom Line:: 38X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.94 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 44.57 % faster than the average for host (178.21)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-G0Z4U5BRT

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::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 42 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 5 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:18:10 GMT-0600
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 204.8 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 23.53 % faster than the average for host (178.21)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-8XJKHT3F9


Not sure what all this means or how it compares, but I'm relatively happy for now.

Is there someplace I can see a chart of other StarBand scores?


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Webuser, Ok you pulled one over on me, who are you really?

Mr Rnager

yeah $159/ month ! 

Webuser if you do have starband then that test is a fluke lets see a nother test from different speed sites.

what modem do you have.