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I've used the Hughes services in the past, both the one-way (dial-up connection to upload) and two-way connections. The browsing speed wasn't the great, video and voice chat weren't good because of the high latency (games would suffer this as well I'd assume). The only time I actually saw the speed benefit was when downloading larger files. They have some Speednet service that's really just a proxy server that you use, so that can help, sometimes.
My brother-in-law had WildBlue, although I think they were acquired by Hughes, as they were the only competitor. Service seemed to be about the same, browsing seemed a little after, but overall same results with the voice/video because of high latency.
Not sure where in Jackson county this client is, but you might look into a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP). Sort of like Wi-Fi, but much greater distance and the latency is much lower then the satellite service. I have a friend living out in Jackson county that uses this and he's able to do video chats with a childhood friend living in Costa Rica as a missionary. The name of the company he uses is Modem Pool.
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Troy Murray
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Michigan State University
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-----Original Message-----
From: l duynslager [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thu 3/11/2010 1:37 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Broadband Internet Via Satellite
Anybody out there have any recent experience with Satellite Broadband like
that from Hughes?
What plan do you have? How does it work for you? Any issues?
Recommendations?
We are looking into that for a remote location in Jackson County. It
seems as if Verizon Mobile Broadband has a 5Gb cap and that is too small for
my customers needs.
LD
Lee Duynslager LD
Information Technology
107 CIPS
Michigan State University
432-5296