Ronnie1776 11/10/2009
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TRICKEDBYWILDB LUE 10/01/2009
I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THEM A MINUS 100, BUT ALL I CANDO HERE IS 1 STAR!!WILDBLUE IS SLOWER THAN MY 28,800 DIALUP AND DROPS OUTSEVERAL TIMES A MINUTE.IF THEY COULD FURNISH THEIR SLOW SPEEDS ON A FULL TIME BASISINSTEAD OF SWITCHING MY SERVICE OFF AND ON AROUND 12 TIMESWITHIN THE AVERAGE MINUTE, I WOULD NOT FEEL THEY HAVE BEENCHEATING ME SO BADLY AS THEY HAVE.THEY HAVE NO SERVICE AT ALL, AS MY INSTALLATION WAS NEVERCOMPLETED IN THE BEGINNING. THEY NEVER RETURN ANY PHONECALLS OR EMAILS EITHER.I HAD TO COMPLETE IT MYSELF BY PURCHASING A COMPLETESYSTEM THAT WORKED FROM SOMEONE ON EBAY.THE MODEM THEY INSTALLED HAD BEEN REPORTED AS HAVINGBEEN PREVIOUSLY SCRAPPED BY A DEALER.STEER AWAY FROM THESE FRAUDS. THEY NEVER HAVE LIVED UP TOTHEIR CONTRACT.HAVE A 2ND PHONE LINE PUT IN AND USE DIALUP AS I AM PLANNING TO DO.MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS ALONE,DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ON THE DOZEN OR MORE SITESWHERE OTHER PEOPLE TELL THEIR OWN HORROR STORIESABOUT THE DIS-FUNCTIONAL WILDBLUE SATELLITE INTERNETSYSTEM.YOU WILL ALSO FIND SEVERAL WILDBLUE EMPLOYEES POSTING ONTHESE SITES, YOU CAN SPOT THEM BY THEIR 5 STAR RATINGS OFWILDBLUE. MANY OF THESE POSTS ARE JUST DOWNRIGHT FUNNY ANDWILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LAUGH.ONE HAS TO WONDER WHY ANYONE THAT WAS HAPPY WITH SOMETHINGTHEY HAD WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO SEARCH OUT A REVIEW SITEUNLESS THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO COUNTERACT THE TRUTHFULPOSTS FROM THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN TRICKED,CHEATED ANDSNOOKERED BY THE FALSE ADVERTISEMENTS OF WILDBLUE.GET A 2ND PHONE LINE AND USE DIALUP, IT WILL MAKE YOU MUCHHAPPIER WHEN YOU NEED TO USE THE INTERNET. I COULD NOTCANCEL MY DIALUP BECAUSE WILDBLUE IS SO POOR.WHEN WILDBLUE WORKS EVERY FEW DAYS, IT IS SOMETIMES 3 TO 4TIMES FASTER THAN MY DIALUP, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT I MUSTUSE MY DIALUP ISP JUST TO REACH WILDBLUE'S DISHMAIL TO GETMY EMAILS.IF YOU MUST TRY FOR YOURSELF, THINKING WE WHO COMPLAINARE NUT CASES, DO YOURSELF AT LEAST THE FAVOR OF KEEPINGYOUR DIALUP FOR YOUR EMAIL CONTACTS AND WHEN YOU THENDECIDE TO GET LEGAL GUIDANCE TO DUMP WILDBLUE YOU CANMAKE THE DECISION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE BOTHEROF CHANGING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PLAYING ANY GAMES, BIDDING ON EBAYOR DOING YOUR BANKING ONLINE WITH WILDBLUE BECAUSE YOUWILL THEN LEARN ABOUT THE LATENCY ISSUES WHICH WILL MAKEYOU THINK YOU WON THAT IMPORTANT BID OR GAME OR HAVE TORE-SUBMIT YOUR BANKING TRANSACTION YOU THOUGHT YOU JUSTCOMPLETED.WILDBLUE WILL ALSO NOT TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A LIMIT ONA ROLLING 30 DAY SCHEME WHICH YOU WOULD VIOLATE IF YOUWERE EVEN ABLE TO WATCH A SINGLE MOVIE FROM A SERVICEWHICH TELLS YOU THIS CAN BE DONE. IT WILL NOT WORK, DUETO THE DROP OUTS, SERVER RESETS, TOTAL LOSS OF SERVICEAND IF YOU DOUBT THIS, JUST VISIT ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS ORNEIGHBORS THAT HAS WILDBLUE AND TRY TO WATCH A 2 MINUTEUTUBE VIDEO. YOU WILL RACK UP THE DOWNLOAD STATS ANDALSO SEE HOW THE SHORT VIDEO WILL STOP PLAYING WHILETHE SLOW WILDBLUE CONNECTION IS BUFFERED.AGAIN, DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS, VISIT THE OTHER DOZENOR SO SITES LIKE (WILDBLUE-SUCKS) AND READ ON,GET A 2ND PHONE LINE AND AVOID PAYING WILDBLUE SEVERALHUNDRED DOLLARS TO JUST GET OUT OF YOUR CONTRACT, EVENIN THE FIRST MONTH. NOWHERE IN THEIR CONTRACT DO THEYPROMISE YOU WITH ACTUAL INTERNET SERVICE. WHEN THEIR ADSSAY UP TO 30 TIMES FASTER THAN DIALUP, YOU WILL SEE 3 TO 4TIMES FASTER THAN A 28,800 DIALUP, BUT REMEMBER THAT INTHEIR STATEMENT THEY SAY "UP TO 30 TIMES FASTER", THIS WILLBEGIN AT 0 TIMES FASTER AND OFTEN REMAIN AT ZERO FOR DAYSAT A TIME.I GOT MINE THROUGH DISH NETWORK BECAUSE I CAN WATCHTV EVEN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SELDOM ANY DROPOUTSOR IF THE STORM IS BAD ENOUGH, THE DROPOUT WILL EITHER BE A FROZEN PICTURE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS OR LESS OFTEN ASCREEN THAT SAYS YOUR SIGNAL WAS LOST. THIS SCREEN WILLSELDOM BE THERE FOR LONG ENOUGH TO LET YOU READ IT ANDTHE TV SIGNAL WILL RETURN. DISHNETWORK IS FANTASTIC!WILDBLUE IS A WASTE OF TIME IF THERE IS A CLOUD IN THE SKY.WILDBLUE IS A WASTE OF TIME IF IT IS RAINING.WILDBLUE IS A WASTE OF TIME IF IT IS WINDY.MANY TIMES WILDBLUE IS SIMPLY NOT THERE ON BRIGHT SUNNYCALM DAYS.WILDBLUE IS A WASTE OF TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL KIDS GETHOME IN YOUR AREA.WILDBLUE IS A WASTE OF TIME ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN PEOPLEIN THE AREA ARE USING THE INTERNET.UPGRADING YOUR PACKAGE IS REQUIRED IF YOU REACH THEIR FAIRACCESS POLICY LIMITS, BUT WHEN YOU UPGRADE YOUR SERVICEPACKAGE, YOU DO NOT GET FASTER SPEEDS OR BETTER CONNECTIONS,YOU SIMPLY CAN USE ENOUGH DOWNLOAD DATA TO DOWNLOADA MOVIE. BUT THIS IS ONLY A DATA AMOUNT WHICH EQUALS A MOVIE.YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BE UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD A MOVIE UNLESSYOU ARE PREPARED TO RE-TRY MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THEY RESETYOUR CONNECTION TO THEIR SERVER. ANY RE-TRIES ARE STARTEDOVER AND YOU WILL SOON NEAR THE 70% OF YOUR ALLOTED FAPUSAGE WHERE THEY WILL INTENTIONALLY SLOW YOU DOWN TO ASPEED WHICH IS OFTEN SLOWER THAN DIALUP.DISHNETWORK CAN DO NOTHING FOR ME ABOUT THE WILDBLUERIP OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE A DIFFERENT COMPANY. ANY CALLS OREMAILS TO WILDBLUE EITHER IGNORED AND UNANSWERED OR IFYOU GET TO SPEAK WITH A REAL WILDBLUE PERSON, THEY ARE MOSTEXPERT AT BEING RUDE AND TELLING YOU YOUR COMPUTER IS THEPROBLEM.SAVE PAYING YOUR ATTORNEY FEES AND GET A 2ND PHONE LINEAND KEEP YOUR SANITY.THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY
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