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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2015 6:37:31 GMT -5
The link to the Meeting Audio is posted at the end of this post. INTRO; This Owner-generated meeting on July 23 was "born" of a chance meeting one week earlier between Gary skeeverse and Judson Bracewell, who owns a Sm all internet provider service covering approximately 22 square miles in Polk County, named HighlanderData. His office and tower are 2 doors west of PCNurd on SR60E. After a chat, M. Bracewell agreed to attend a hastily arranged Owner Meeting 1 week later. At a second meeting on July 18th, he made a site visit where he was fully-informed of the issues surrounding internet service in S-bag and STILL agreed to come and speak 4 days later! A Flyer was prepared and hand distributed on Mon July 20 and Mr stab was given a personal invitation to attend on Weds morning. Additionally, a PhoneVite was sent to over 800 phones of SLR owners (including Mr. stab and all BOD's) to let them know about the meeting. Now, we know it was short notice for everyone but were somewhat constrained, timewise, by Mr. Bracewell's schedule. Mr. stab stated on his website that his reaction was that "SLohA had a Board of Directors and a Technology Committee that has handled such functions in the past and makes long range recommendations to BOD." Incredibly, he went on to say "A productive form of such a meeting to look at existing long range plans should take place when more people are in S-bag." OMG! This is exactly Mr skeeverse goal; ie to impress upon you and your partners the importance of postponing Your/Brnd's unilateral land use modification application until people return to S-bag and can fully understand long range plans! THIS is exactly what was proposed-- but ignored-- in Schever's letter of July 8 delivered to you and to the Board (and directed to the County Attorney for Polk Commisioners). So-- now you grouse about 48-hour "short notice" and expect sympathy?! Amazing! You and the board were asked to participate in such an Owner/BOD/Kay c Ntwerk Joint Meeting on July 8-- 3 weeks ago! Seriously Mr stab? You are now complaining about Owners exercizing their right to gather, right to free speech and right to self help after you REFUSED to even acknowledge a letter inviting you to a group KumBaYah 3 weeks ago? In all fairness, I would have posted your position paper on the matter here first--even ahead of the meeting recording. But, in fact, even converting your massive missive results in a document too voluminous for this free forum. I even chopped your 3 page speech into 3 individual pages and each page is still to large to post, so anyone who wants to read it will be forced to go to CHUG. So I am posting the 1 hour/13 minute Meeting Audio here >>> Internet Service Provider Owner Meeting AudioThis subject is currently under construction as I will be summarizing some of the more surprising and interesting matters discussed. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2015 9:38:17 GMT -5
Here's about the first 20 minutes of the meeting casually transcribed. Will work on another chunk when my headache subsides... HighlanderData responses in BLUE
Opening Remarks by Gary skeeverse and introduction of Judson Bracewell of HighanderData Services “I invited him to come over and talk to everyone about what he could do and what he could'nt do.” Mr. Bracewell stated he was an engineer for 20 years with Brighthouse Networks and had a computer service and repair shop near Norby's. Said he was “not some guy out of the garage”. Said he had a lot of very happy customers (computer service) in S-bag. Questions?
Can you feed your signals into S-bag?
Yes, if SLR owns the towers. That has to get straightened out first
Can you coexist?
Yes, may be some RF cross interference but we can technically from operational standpoint these towers are already overloaded and can bypass any issues.
It is not an either/or situation; you can coexist with stab?
From an operational standpoint —those towers are already overloaded and extremely dangerous; those towers are not rated for that much load. I would never put that much gear on one of my towers; you are just asking for heartache. It's an iffy question. Before I put my equipment on the existing towers, I would ask that other equipment be removed so I don't worry about losing my gear.
Are higher towers of any benefit?
No not out here. With one stipulation: to get my signal would only require one large tower as you now have in the storage area- raise it up a little and lose (get rid of) two towers in the park because you wouldn't need them.
Price: $50/month-same as here?
As much data as you can use- no cap.
Kay c Net is currently priced at $50/mo; I have his website up. Charter members are at $40/mo and grandfathered in. Current rate is $50/mo-same as HighlanderData.
If I already have KCNetwork equipment installed from prior service, can I use the same equipment from you?
There is a 50/50 possibility depending on how old the equipment and antenna was and if I could upgrade the firmware to work with my signal.
How new would it have to be?
About 2 ½ -4 yrs old.
What would it cost to have everything put it in the house for service?
$200
Router too?
No there are too many versions on the market and are a part of customer's internal N etwork. I would require customer to have one. They are available for $30/40 range.
Can you come in without heightening the towers?
I can get my feed to the tower on the the side of the lake with it being a little bit higher. I would supply any equipment needed to do that and you could lose some of the towers in here—you wouldn't need em. I build all my own towers.
If County approves land use mod for towers in SLR including towers on private property which by definition would include ALL private properties, would you be able to erect towers on private property or common area property at either the private homeowners request or SLohA permission?
Yes, There is a gray gray area with antennas & towers. In 1996 the FCC issued OTARD-means Over The Air Reception Device. It's a ruling which means that NO government system, HOA, CC&R, city, municipality or county- NObody can prevent you from putting an antenna to receive over-the-air TV or public broadcast signal per Federal law. What people do is put up a TV antenna and add an internet antenna right below it—that is what people are arguing about.
Any height restriction?
Absolutely not. You can go whatever height is needed to get quality signal—that is the standard. You need to build to safe engineering specifications and you can put it anywhere within reason –not in the middle of your driveway.
Are you in the park now?
I have customers I have serviced in S-bag but am not yet providing internet in the park.
I want to be clear; You and KCNet could exist in the same park?
Yes
So if I wanted your system, neither the Board nor Kay c could not prevent me from getting internet service from you, correct?
The Federal law says they cannot stop you from getting my signal.
So what I understand is that if people want to go with Kay c Net, they can stay put and if they want to go with yours, they can do that.
With approval from S-bag, I can put my signal into the park with the use of the (Storage Lot) tower.
This would eliminate a bundle deal in S-bag?
Yes it would eliminate the monopoly. And encourage competition-I welcome competition.
So people could stay with KCNet or go with you? And they would have a choice. That's what we're lacking..a choice.
Having another internet service provider doesn't solve the land use modification problem we are having, correct?
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Correct. I don't live in Saddlebag and I don't know the internal politics that is going on and I wish Bb (stab) was here because I'd call him out on something he says here (Editor: Bracewell is referring to the post on CHUG written by Bb..says he is having difficulty finding words0 then reads: “ I don't know how to word this”. Um...he reads from page 2 and says “As an example of this, when a request was received to mount a Polk County Amateur emergency service antenna, we had to raise the tower by 20 feet and lose several antennas.” I can assure you; I did not request that and I am the Polk County Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Polk County Amateur Radio Services.
THUD.
Silence in the Room and no cH allenge from D Brnd.
There's a lot of misinformation flying around about the antennas and towers; they are not needed. I am providing 24 square miles of internet service coverage with 2 towers.
We seem to have problem or disagreement about the land use modification,
You keep the one at the sewage plant and raise it a little and get rid of the other towers. You don't have to have the other towers.
What about trees?
Direct line of site is critical but the trick to having a good Ntwerk is not to have EVERYBODY talking to the tower. You put up ONE Omni on say, your house, and you have a neighbor nearby with a tree who can't see the tower, and I set your antenna to be a repeater and it repeats the signal to your neighbor. You both get full signal. It doesn't decrease your bandwidth. There are ways around the trees; they design the equipment for that.
The tower on the tennis courts was put up to get a signal to Silver Doctor.
You would'nt need the tower if you had a customer between the tower (Storage Lot) and yourself and an antenna repeating back to you. He's(Referring to stab) trying to do too many PTP (Point-to-Pont) rather than PTMP (Point-to Multi-Point). He is doing too much PTP. PTMP is where you have more efficiency and fewer towers.
Is there a minimum # of customers you have to have?
I Hayvn't come up with a # yet. I am launching new areas on my own and right now just breaking even on 24 square miles of coverage. I am adding customers as fast as I can.
On the towers that are existing at the present time, how much would you pay the resort to use the towers?
Depends on density of customer base--$5 per customer per tower
That you would charge the customer?
No that is my cost of doing business; I would pay that directly to SLohA from revenue.
Do you offer Phone service?
No you get into all kinds federal rules and regulations with phones and E911 service laws.
So you're just taking the crème of the crop, right?
Yes, Yes, that is right-just internet service
That's good business.
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How much data?
Bandwidth is 150mgb feed increase to 3 Gbp. Not limiting customer on data. Not less than 10mbps download.
Would your signal interfere with KCNetworks?
No, I would just set my equipment to auto select channel to least used esp with 10AC system. That's why he (stab) says on his website to everyone to keep their routers on Channel 1 so he can use the other channels on his towers. The equipment I use is the same as what you use on steroids-same frequency, same modulation
To Be Continued...
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Post by saddlebagger viewer on Jul 24, 2015 11:45:26 GMT -5
Residents of S-bag Lake Resort should be pleased with last night's meeting conducted by Gary skeeverse, if for no other reason than to show that open dialog is attainable and available to all residents. I was especially pleased to see our Board President took this seriously and was not only there, but engaged in asking questions and taking notes. This is the spark that gives all sides a chance to come together in an open forum.
Thank you Gary for exercising your patriotic duty for peaceful assembly under our U.S. Constitution and thank you to all who attended.
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2015 13:05:55 GMT -5
Part 2 of the Meeting; HighlanderData responses in BLUE
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Is there any written document of any kind that says S-bag owns the towers? That's what I'd like to know.
I'd like to know that. If S-bag owns the towers-I've asked that question, it is up to y'all to make the decision...
I think we should know if S-bag owns the towers or does stab own the towers? Now we have board members here who should be able to answer that question I would think.
Brnd: It's been answered several times, Chrly. S-bag does own the towers. They were given to S-bag. He is drawing up documents now because people requested it and we couldn't find it. We'll get documents.
So if he decides to pull out , the towers stay here.
Brnd: Exactly. He owns the equipment on the towers.
I was just looking through this (stab's CHUG post) and I saw it somewhere and yes apparently he says he did give the towers to S-bag but he also retained an exclusive right to keep everyone else off of them. So you couldn't allow me on your towers. I just saw that in here somewhere
But there's no paperwork...
Bracewell reads from stab's CHUG post:
“To make these expenditures, KCNet required first right of refusal for any other devices on these towers due to potential inter radio interference issues and a need to keep the wind load on a tower under control...
And where's the paperwork?
I think the FCC would have...
No, the FCC doesn't touch these. A privately-owned tower like this, FCC doesn't touch, under 200' the FAA doesn't care and if there is no FCC licensed gear they don't care.
Then you couldn't use the towers?
No, according to Bb...
According to this, it would be a S-bag call.
No No not according to what you just said. If he doesn't have that written somewhere...
He put the dollar up and as far as we know he owns the towers and if he hasn't given them, we don't have any documentation and if he does have the documentation then he's gonna write that in there.
The way I understand it you are proposing to come in a provide the same service for the same price
Yes
How long will that price be locked in?
Prices are not locked for me or him or anyone...
(Side discussion about the nature of business and that the internet market seems to have established a market price where all providers, to stay competitive, are offering very similar prices for similar service to operate effectively and long term)
And, as an engineer with Brighthouse, I can tell you that Brighthouse will not compete with Coast—it's a handshake agreement where you can't have two cable providers in the same system. They will fight Verizon FIOS
I had a thought and it just disappeared...laughter
AT&T will never come in here. They have a very Sm all package 5mgb with limits. They don't have any plant and the plant is needed for cable above and under ground. AT& T has no plant in Polk County. It is Brighthouse, Coast and Verizon. Brighthouse has current analog service in Walk in Water, Nalcrest and that area but there is no two-way communication and it cannot carry high speed internet or TV.
There's rumblings that they are already pulling permits to upgrade that and I can't get a straight answer out of them—even from friends because it affects property prices like an insider trader deal like if they told me they were upgrading in 6 months, I could start buying property and causes property value to go up.
Visitor from South Shore: Kay c has been down a LOT lately and they put up two towers and they're just stuck in the ground and they said they were going to be put in cement but so far they Hayvn't been and we're at a loss as to why it keeps going out. Do you come over into South Shore?
Yes
For the same price? Visitor discusses pricing package currently and discusses her Vonage phone service that she wants to keep and wants to know if HighlanderData system will work with Vonage phones.
Yes, I just installed 4 Vonage phones last night in Babson Park and they work like a champ.
As far as the towers in the ground, I would be scared to get on a tower like that. I've climbed 200' towers but …
They are in the middle of the driveway entrance
OK, yes, I noticed them tonight when I pulled out of the gas station.
Does anyone know if Bb stab pays anything to S-bag?
Brnd; No but the internet service at the office and the cameras are free.
Sounds pretty inexpensive to me.
That ain't much.
I'll do that deal. <laughter> Seriously, if I could get my foot in the door I would provide free office internet if I could put my antennas on your house for free..<more laughter>
Brnd: He also provides a hot spot at clubhouse
We have hot spots all over the place out here...
Can you use the large tower just outside the park on SR60?
The large commercial tower space is highly sought after and very expensive; for me to put my gear on that tower would cost $5-8K a month—just for the tower rental. I am a one man business and cannot carry cost of commercial rental. That's why I put up a minimum number of towers to efficiently service my customers.
What happens to service if you or stab dies?
If the fiber goes to his home, then someone would have to buy his home and continue to run the business from his home. I have a daughter who is en engineering student but there is no guarantee she will want the business.
That's why he (stab) wants the beach house tower.
Fiber feed is not something you can just unplug and move, it is extremely expensive.
If Bb stab's house berns down, southeast Polk county and NONE of his customers will have internet service until the house and the servers are rebuilt and replaced.
The advantage I have is, if I were run over by a car, I am in a commercial location and a commercial business. Any person with technical knowledge could come in an take over the operation and wouldn't have to buy someone's home.
I think that is why he wants to move the tower to the beach house
You still have the problem of fiber feed from the house to the Beach; I have a hard time believing that Level 3 put fiber in your home; that would be against every rule in the book.
His wife lives there would take over his business and then his son in law.
If he gave the towers to the resort he's not stupid and would not let anyone just come and use use them. I think that has to be checked out further.
Of course. In a worse case scenario, I'll start footing the bill and put up a tower at your house if you say OK and give me permission to put up a 50' tower on your personal property. You let me do that and I'll give you free internet and I'll start serving all your neighbors. That's what I'm doing in a lot of places now.
What I would interpret by one of the statements is the towers were not free; they were put up with conditions of returns on investment with the towers and claiming exclusive right--and claiming he gave them to us he didn't give them to us! He allowed us to put them up there and no one else can use them without his approval.
That's what it sounds like to me
Brnd: Where did you get that from?
The antennas on the towers still belong to Bb
That's what he wrote in his document.
There no more room on those towers..
There are towers here that I would not climb-you couldn't pay me enough to climb one of those tower.
If you put up towers in S-bag, you would probably want that kind of arrangement too (lock down towers). The towers would be for your use only.
Not necessarily. I have been in business a long time. I welcome competition. If someone can do it better than me –more power to ya buddy! I would lock my tower down safety-wise. I would lock my tower down once we hit the maximum wind load-we're done. That's where my break point would be.
Does anyone know if any of the board members have financial involvement in Bb stab's business?
I don't know the answer to that one. I am a sole proprietorship.
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Gary took mic: That is not an issue here; the Board's financial involvement with Kay c is an internal matter and the purpose of this meeting is not to find out about individual financial matters. It is to discuss the possibility of having competition in S-bag. There are at least two things that can happen with competition; The quality of service goes UP and the price of service goes DOWN. That's the name of the game! There is a 3rd possibility—a coalition between the two competitors.
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Post by jimherbst on Jul 24, 2015 13:44:29 GMT -5
I'm not an attorney but that 'handshake agreement" between Brighthouse and Coast sounds an awful lot like a conspiracy in restraint of trade and, as such, in violation of the federal Sherman Antitrust Act
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Post by Dick Tracy on Jul 24, 2015 20:52:14 GMT -5
It sure looks like Saddlebaggers are getting the short end of the stick from Bb & Virginia Sta ib. Bb purchased the Towers and had them erected on SLohA common property without any permits, but he claims he did get engineering studies and permits. Then he gives the Towers to SLohA, as a donation, without any approved documentation. Now he is getting the documents together, which will most likely state, KCNet will have the "Rights to Refuse any other Vendor's equipment on SLohA Towers". So we own the Towers, but KCNet (Bb & Virginia S.) will be able to "Control" how the SLR's Towers can or can not be used by others. And what does SLohA (Us) get from Bb & Virginia in return? Well SLohA (Us) gets Free Internet Service at the Front Office and also the Maintenance Shop. O-Me, I almost missed something, we also get a useless Security Camera System and a hot spot. Mr Sta ib, you are so generous, but I think the "Deal" may lean a little bit in your Favor. What do you say ? And on top of all of the above, the Leaders of SLohA and Polk County are bending over backwards to make your KCNet Commercial Internet Service a "permanent commercial operation located in the middle of "Our Community", currently serving eastern Polk County-then Florida- and one day expanding throughout the USA. You Bb are so Open and Honest with your wife's (Virginia) Commercial ISP Adventure, I Trust Virginia's KCNetwork will do the right thing, and with all of the millions in assets, The Sta ibs will move this Adventure to a Commercial Section somewhere in Polk County. The GreyHackle Tower is One Big Ugly Stick. Who wants to live near a Top Heavy Ugly Stick? This Sta ib Commercial Operation (KCNet) has more questions than answers. You do have A Sweet Deal, it makes one wonder. I think HighlanderData Internet Service in SLR would be a Win-Win for the residents. Plus it does not come with a top heavy ugly Tower. It would be like Verizon, I can not see you. It is good to have other options, when looking for a Internet Service Provider.  16RC |
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Post by Admin on Jul 25, 2015 17:18:31 GMT -5
D Brnd's "Take" on the Meeting: posted on CHUG 7/24:
Received from D Brnd 07u/24/2015
Internet Informational Meeting June 23, 2015:
I attended the meeting the evening of June 23, 2015, hoping to hear what the gentleman from Highlander Data Services had to say, in regards to how he would supply internet service to SLR. Some people did get to ask some good questions and were also interested in what Judson had to say.
It turned out to be more of a dog and pony show for Gary skeeverse who had no control over the meeting at all. People were talking over each other, asking questions that did not pertain to evaluating the quality of services that were being offered and no one took control of the situation.
Editor: D: This was not a Whereas/I Motion business meeting environment as you are used to. The meeting was intended to be informal FOR OWNERS and to draw out general comments and questions about the current state of affairs in S-bag. One can listen to the audio of the meeting and read the transcription posted here and decide whether it was "uncontrolled" as you say."
As the person who transcribes BOD meetings, I have experienced FAR more difficulty hearing Board meeting audio where unruly audience behavior is commonplace and tolerated by the moderator (you).
I do find it quite interesting that Gary filed the appeal to the Land Use Modification to try to stop the permitting process of the towers in S-bag and then invite someone else to make an offer to supply SLR with internet service and would need to have a tower that would require a Land Use Modification. Now that makes a lot of sense. It's my opinion, that educated and smart, are not synonymous.
Editor: D: You miss the point(S)again.... The basis of your and stab's application is almost entirely "technology dependent". You two seem to think that we would have a digital emergency without the occupation of Kay c Ntwerk and its towers on our common properties. This premise is entirely the basis for your "support" of the land use modification. The meeting demonstrated, among other things, that there are many other providers of comparable internet services with a much lighter "footprint". People need to be educated instead of propagandized.
Additionally, technologically-speaking--HighlanderData needs only one tower and can service all of Saddlebag without a land use modification (exempt tower) AND from a commercial location OUTSIDE of Saddlebag!
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Post by saddlebagger viewer on Jul 26, 2015 12:00:34 GMT -5
My husband and I would love to identify ourselves so our neighbors knew who was speaking. But, after witnessing firsthand the nastiness and hate towards Jane skeeverse just because Gary is cH allenging the Board, we will remain anonymous.
Saying that, we wish bring out several vital points and questions that came up at Thursday's meeting.
1. If someone else needs only one tower within S-bag, then why is the Board insisting on four plus the Beach House?
2. Who is going to pay for the tower extensions? WHY?
3. Who is going to pay for maintenance, liability insurance, permits, engineering studies, etc. WHY?
4. Who really benefits? Sounds like KCN and future investors to us.
5. What company is being formed to buy KCNetwork? Please disclose.
6. If there is a possibility of Bright house or some other fiber optic company coming in, then why are we rushing ahead?
7. Why is Bb stab ' s name on the application when he has been barred by the Federal Courts due to past convictions from owning or establishing a company?
8. Why are we using our legal fees against our own rights as property owners?
Saddlebaggers, we need answers. Do not assume anything.
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Post by Dick Tracy on Jul 26, 2015 14:39:08 GMT -5
Some residents in S-bag have been asking those same questions from the beginning. It always seemed somewhat strange;
1) That nothing associated with KCNet was in B. stabs name.
2) He has stated at Workshops & other Mtgs. that he did not believe in contracts, I believe in do Business on a handshake.
3) Why would Bb S., D Brnd & Kn L. try to force mandatory (KCNet Service) internet service on all members of SLohA, on two different occasions in the past couple of years. Plus, the collation is 50/50. I might understand if the collation was 90/10, but when 50%plus vote Nay. It makes one wonder, what is driving this agenda. The unknown players are going All-In for Bb S. and KCNet.
4)I have requested by Certified Mail Records Request for any correspondence between KCNet, Bb S.,BODs, Stmbug Ixx and others it may concern. Standard Pt answer, nothing exist. Now we hear at the recent Informal Internet Provider Mtg., D B. (President of BODs) stated we had Documentation on the Towers located in S-bag, but we lost them and Bb stab is getting together new documents, because people are asking about them.
What I Say To Our President is BULL ! We are being Mislead & Lies are being told Freely...
Just recently we found out some information, and somethings are beginning to come together, because of ones past character defects .
YES INDEED, WE DO NEED ANSWERS !
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Post by justme on Jul 26, 2015 19:52:55 GMT -5
If this guy has been barred from owning a business in the future by federal courts, surely this is a serious offence and should be reported.
Also , if he is selling over valued shares like in his past, that too is accountable.
Seems the walls might be closing in on this guy
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Post by Admin on Nov 6, 2015 19:40:36 GMT -5
e Attachment Deleted Here is another internet service provider. Call the installation number 866-228-1531 and speak to Justin. He will fill you in on the details. He is just starting expansion into this territory. Is satellite as fast as fiberoptic? I believe we can all agree that it is not. Is it fast enough to support Skyping the grandkids? Yes. Will it be sufficient for "power users" to want to download movies? Doubtful. There are few of us who are "power users" that actually require megafast internet speeds. Heck, I run this website and I don't need high speed! What I DO need is a dependable Ntwerk with reasonable download/upload speeds for email and attachments for this forum. I need a Ntwerk that does not "spy" on my website activity or intercept my email. I want a Ntwerk provider that has not been convicted of criminal fraud. I spoke at length with Justin today. He is dealer for EXCEDE and is establishing another office in the Sebring area and is trying to market in "underserved" areas. He identified S-bag as "underserved". I would say that is putting it mildly. I would not do business with KCNet on a bet... If you go to southeasternsatellite.com, look at the Evolution price plan. It is only going to be available for another 9 days and is being phased out in favor of the "Liberty" plan, which is currently in place in Georgia. I am seriously considering getting grandfathered into the Evolution plan before it is phased out but I don't like contract plans and this one is a two-year plan. Seems to be the standard... The good news: there is a hibernation and a dormancy plan that lets subscribers "dormant" their plan for 6 months at $9.99/mo (like the power company) and hibernate their plan for 6 months without paying. You can get all the details at exede.com which is the parent company. Be sure to call the local 866-number and speak to Justin if you want details and to set up installation. Ask him about "hibernation", dormant account costs and value-added amenities. This is a decent alternative to a terrestrial-based internet service by stab/SLohA. Cost is comparable and you can do business with someone who will answer the phone and who does not have a past criminal record to offer their customers. |
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Post by zoe1742 on Nov 11, 2015 17:28:01 GMT -5
If you check me out, you will see that it has been a long time since I have posted. I don't believe in posting things that I know little of. However, I have a lot of personal experience with satellite Internet. I have been with Hughes Net for over 10 years. This not a ringing endorsement of the company. I was going to drop them two years ago. The tech person told me that I should try their new system, Gen4. It was a free upgrade for about $10mo more. It is a a lot better system than I had. It gives me from 10 to 20mhz of download speed with 10GBs of data per mo. It Is much more reliable than my old system. The biggest drawback is the 10GB of data. I have to monitor this closely. I find that I could use about 10GB more. I am not endorsing Kay c NET, but if you Google the problems people have with satellite companies, it is the lesser of the two evils.
I probably will stay with Hughes Net until someone or something persuades me to change.
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Post by Admin on Nov 12, 2015 11:54:56 GMT -5
zoe1742 posted:
Yup-it's been while.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and perspectives in sat internet. Point well taken that we should all periodically question our providers (of ALL services) to see if there are "customer retention" values added or new services available.
I suspect satnet is in an "infancy" development St age. I recall HughesNet being the ONLY satellite provider to individuals who had no other way to connect and considered them when I was RV'ing--but they were waaaay expensive and slow. Now, they and other sat providers are providing options to users who do not need the volume or speed of fiberoptics. And, I am amazed how fast the cellular providers have stepped up and expanded both access and bandwidth at affordable rates (Wow--Sprint gives 20GB for $100 over my own phone hotspot!) What's next--DroneNets?
Don't let "not knowing about things" stop you from posting--it doesn't stop anybody else haha!
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Post by sad sack on Dec 29, 2015 15:44:14 GMT -5
its going to be a long seaon. staubs signal has been flaky and went doa yesterday. office has no interenet. Word is its toast till at least Thurs. this is bs. This year is worse than last. The line was overloaded with visitors. Is staub being stalked by the the people who collect debts and get reward money since Staub owes lots of money? Greyhakle has been mobbed with cars last few days. Hope he is paying the light bill and we will get internet back soon. Maybe time to visit Sprint and get a card.
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Post by Dick Tracy on Dec 29, 2015 21:31:57 GMT -5
The House at 28 GreyHackle has had issues with liens due to outstanding taxes due. The more things change, the more they stay the same. One is supposed to learn from past mistakes, sadly some never do.....
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Post by Dick Tracy on Feb 18, 2016 20:59:11 GMT -5
I just did The SPEAKEASY Speed Test. We are using a Verizon Pantech 295 USB 4G Modem and a Old Dell Inspiron/B130 peasee with a XP System. The Dell peasee is about 8 yrs. old.
Below are the results from The SPEAKEASY Speed Test: Date -----------------Download -----Upload-----IP Address Location ---City Results
2/18/2016 7:50 PM (30.77 Mbps) (11.43 Mbps) 70.208.XXX.XXX --Washington,DC
2/18/2016 7:46 PM (25.23 Mbps) (10.47 Mbps) 70.208.XXX.XXX ---- Atlanta, GA
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
This is not to bad for a Old Dell peasee and a Verizon 4G Pantech Modem with a slot for a external antenna, the Modem can be placed in any peasee's USB Port. Plus the modem will easily fit in your pocket. $50 bucks for 5Gigs! Yes, We Sure Do Have Other Internet Options Available and They Are Growing As I Type.....
16RC
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