Another update: April 1
Last Monday, the new equipment came (for the new satellite.) Great. Installer was to be here on Tuesday. Great, wife had the day off from work. Tuesday morning, my wife was called to go in to work and pick up 12 hours of overtime (time and a half, plus a $10 per hour bonus for covering the shift.) She had to turn down the overtime because the installer was supposed to be here sometime before noon. 12:30, she called to find out what was up. "Oh, that was cancelled a week ago. Their satellite isn't ready yet." And, later in the same conversation, "we just found out that everything isn't ready." GRRRRRR!!!
Sooooo, I'm still waiting. I hate dial-up. And, there appear to be no other options in my area. (zipcode 14714) Supposedly next week sometime... We'll see.
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Update March 14:
AAAARRRRGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! My spot beam is full again??! I have the equipment for the old satellite? My equipment isn't for the new satellite? WTF?! Several weeks to wait now?!!!
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Update! All the equipment is still here, in the boxes. Installer was supposed to come yesterday. When I scheduled the appointment, they said, "how's Friday afternoon?" I said, "that's fine. Do you have any slots open later in the afternoon? That way I won't have to take the day off from school; I get out at 3 oclock and can be home by 3:10." "I'll make a note of it." "Thanks."
So, yesterday, I got home at about 3:15 (line of vehicles exiting the parking lot took longer than I thought; I never went home 'as soon as I could' before. Installer called at 3:45 "I tried calling earlier" "I told the guy scheduling the appointment that I get home just after 3 o'clock." "He didn't make a note of it here." "I've been cursing dial-up for 2 years, you don't think I was going to wing it and just hope you'd be here after 3, do you? I specifically told the guy, so I'd have some clue what time you'd be here. He said he'd make a note of it." "Okay, well then, I'll head to your place next. I'm not too far away" (about 35 miles) 10 minutes later, "Wild Blue is going to have to schedule you with another company."
GRRRR!!!!! So, I called Wild Blue to reschedule with someone else. "They did what? I'll call the company back and see if I can get them to send him to your house this afternoon." Nope, not happening. So, we called them back, "it's going to be a long time before we're in your area again." GRR GRR GRRRRRRRR. Wild Blue is going to "tell them" that they're installing it next week whether they like it or not (according to the Wild Blue rep)
Soooo, what're the odds that the installer will have an attitude and aim the dish ever so slightly off so that my service perpetually sucks? (would that be possible?)
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Ordered Wild Blue the other day. UPS was at our door the next day with the dish and modem. Unfortunately, it may be a while before an installer gets here; Wild Blue said they'll contact us when they get a hold of one of their contracted installers
Oh well, at least I'll finally be rid of dial-up! Decided to go with Wild Blue due to the fair user access policy. Direcway (Hughesnet) has a maximum per session, while wild blue has a maximum per month (rolling month). I could easily hit the max per session with one large file; I was limited to about 400MB per day. Wild Blue is 12000 MB/month. I can live with that.
Unlike the satellite dish for the television, I won't have any way of seeing what the signal strength is, thus I can't install it.
Last Monday, the new equipment came (for the new satellite.) Great. Installer was to be here on Tuesday. Great, wife had the day off from work. Tuesday morning, my wife was called to go in to work and pick up 12 hours of overtime (time and a half, plus a $10 per hour bonus for covering the shift.) She had to turn down the overtime because the installer was supposed to be here sometime before noon. 12:30, she called to find out what was up. "Oh, that was cancelled a week ago. Their satellite isn't ready yet." And, later in the same conversation, "we just found out that everything isn't ready." GRRRRRR!!!
Sooooo, I'm still waiting. I hate dial-up. And, there appear to be no other options in my area. (zipcode 14714) Supposedly next week sometime... We'll see.
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Update March 14:
AAAARRRRGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! My spot beam is full again??! I have the equipment for the old satellite? My equipment isn't for the new satellite? WTF?! Several weeks to wait now?!!!
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Update! All the equipment is still here, in the boxes. Installer was supposed to come yesterday. When I scheduled the appointment, they said, "how's Friday afternoon?" I said, "that's fine. Do you have any slots open later in the afternoon? That way I won't have to take the day off from school; I get out at 3 oclock and can be home by 3:10." "I'll make a note of it." "Thanks."
So, yesterday, I got home at about 3:15 (line of vehicles exiting the parking lot took longer than I thought; I never went home 'as soon as I could' before. Installer called at 3:45 "I tried calling earlier" "I told the guy scheduling the appointment that I get home just after 3 o'clock." "He didn't make a note of it here." "I've been cursing dial-up for 2 years, you don't think I was going to wing it and just hope you'd be here after 3, do you? I specifically told the guy, so I'd have some clue what time you'd be here. He said he'd make a note of it." "Okay, well then, I'll head to your place next. I'm not too far away" (about 35 miles) 10 minutes later, "Wild Blue is going to have to schedule you with another company."
GRRRR!!!!! So, I called Wild Blue to reschedule with someone else. "They did what? I'll call the company back and see if I can get them to send him to your house this afternoon." Nope, not happening. So, we called them back, "it's going to be a long time before we're in your area again." GRR GRR GRRRRRRRR. Wild Blue is going to "tell them" that they're installing it next week whether they like it or not (according to the Wild Blue rep)
Soooo, what're the odds that the installer will have an attitude and aim the dish ever so slightly off so that my service perpetually sucks? (would that be possible?)
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Ordered Wild Blue the other day. UPS was at our door the next day with the dish and modem. Unfortunately, it may be a while before an installer gets here; Wild Blue said they'll contact us when they get a hold of one of their contracted installers
Oh well, at least I'll finally be rid of dial-up! Decided to go with Wild Blue due to the fair user access policy. Direcway (Hughesnet) has a maximum per session, while wild blue has a maximum per month (rolling month). I could easily hit the max per session with one large file; I was limited to about 400MB per day. Wild Blue is 12000 MB/month. I can live with that.
Unlike the satellite dish for the television, I won't have any way of seeing what the signal strength is, thus I can't install it.
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