looking for feedback on Fair Point internet

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Anyone have any luck with satellite internet? A friend of mine gave them a call and their new Gen 4 technology promises up to 15 mbps in speed. As fast or in most areas faster than DSL. Huges claim it is available on the lake.

I looked into it last year before I had a 1/4 mile trench dug for Metrocast. I decided against it because of bandwidth limitations and also because they will not give you a static IP address. My home security system requires a static IP not to mention the bandwidth required to run it.

The other thing to remember with satellite is weather drastically affects speed. The speed they are advertising is under perfect weather conditions, add any kind of bad weather whatsoever and expect your speed to be cut in half or more!

Dan