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Direct TV Internet?
I am currently in the market for a new ISP, but since COX is the only cable ISP in Vegas, I am limited. Has anyone dealt with DirectTV internet before? Or any satellite internet for that matter.
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I would expect a 500 ms or higher ping just from the satellite connection alone. On all three of the satellite ISPs I have used at friends/relatives that was the minimum. Radio waves just take a while to get up into space and back
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Check this http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all?cat=56
And this http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all
Not sure why there is no mention of Direct TV.
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I had a friend who was testing Satellite internet WAY back when it was first rolling out. It worked fine in the golden days of Diablo 2 but I don't think it was any faster than DSL in total bandwidth. I doubt it'd be good for gaming now a days.
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Directv bundles with Qwest and/or WildBlue depending on location for their internet services. They are not an ISP themselves.
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I called them and they said that Embark would be the DSL ISP. Anyone have any problems with them?
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Wait, is it DSL or is it satellite?
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The Company is Satellite, but they go through Embark for internet. I believe that they are DSL.
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http://www.embarq.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarq#Products
Looks like they sell a "bundle" involving Dish Network for TV and ADSL for Internet access. So it's not satellite Internet.snooggums' density principal: "The more dense a population, the more dense a population."
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Direct tv bundles with a dsl isp provider, it is NOT sattellite internet. Where I live its with Qwest and I only had 1500 down and 750 up. As far as I know Hughes net is the only sattelite provider and very expensive.
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So this is just DSL being resold by a TV provider, not DirecPC, Internet over satellite. In which case, identify the DSL provider and look at their reputation. The bundler is irrelevant.
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