Has anyone heard of this high speed "Wild Blue"?????

@slickcut (8141)
United States
September 4, 2007 8:06am CST
I am finally getting high speed internet service..It is really satalite high speed its called "Wild Blue" I am so tired of dialup.I live in a rural area where high sppe is not available..They have what they call "Hughes net" but the one i chose was 'wildblue" they will send you a dish out and when you recieve the equipment ,you call them and they come hook you up.Its not cheap to get it started but dialup is so depressing that i decided to make that final step...Have you got high speed internet by satilite? Have you ever heard of "Wild Blue"??? I have pais and got the welcome package but not yet recieved the equipment so heres hoping it is going to be a great change....If you have high speed internet bt satilite what company do you use ?and are you happy with it??? Thank you for any comment you may have...
3 responses
@tim_un (354)
• Malaysia
5 Sep 07
i never heard about it.actually what is this for? is it a new product in technology world? please help us to understand more.thanks
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
5 Sep 07
It is a satalite dish that they install in your yard so that you can get high speed internet service..It does not go through your phone service...Our phone service does supply their customers with high speed,but where i live, high speed internet has not come to my area so in order to get high spped internet on my computer you have to get a satalite dish..Its something like "Dish network " for your Tv,except this is for your computer...I have always had dialup all these years,but now through this dish that they will install people who live in rural area;s that cannot get high speed internet through their local phone service can now get this...I have suffered with this slow dialup for so long,that i am so excited to get it....No its not new, satalite has been out for a very long time..Its just the name of the satalite company that i am going to be using....I do hope i have made this where you can understand,becaus eits hard to explain ,and im not to good at explaining..thank you for your reply.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
5 Sep 07
I have always used high speed DSL or cable modem. I was at my sisters last year, she had dial up. Oh my it was so slow, I didn't have the patients for it. You are going to love it. Have fun. I have never heard of the wild blue, it sounds fun.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
5 Sep 07
Oh polly you are so luckey.I have never had anything but dialup all these years...Our phone company has high speed but not in the area i live in...it cost over $300.00 for the start up for this but monthly it will be around 50.00,and its all because i live in the area that i live in..Its outside of Houston Tex ,like sorta country type living, i have a couple of acres and i like living here,so i am so excited to finally get high speed..I cannot wait until it gets here(the equipment....I have suffered with dialup long enough lol...
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
14 Sep 07
Good for you! I was so happy to get rid of our dialup a few months ago! For the same price I got the DSL and it's so much better! Mine is just a local company, so I think I pay a little more for it, but I like to support local companies when I can.. - I hope you are enjoying your new connection!:)