Rural Internet Solution

Can you think of anything more frustrating than somebody misleading you? If you are reading this right now, I would imagine that you have about had it with the cable company telling you that cable internet will be in your area in the near future. They are very good at making the near future sound great; however, the problem is that the near future never comes as they promise it will. Read more

What is Spaceway or Spaceway 3

Spaceway, built by Hughes Corporation, is a family of next generation satellites already in space for use with satellite internet and satellite TV.  Spaceway-1 and Spaceway-2 are used by Direct TV to provide Satellite Television and HD TV service.  Spaceway-3 provides additional bandwidth for HughesNet High Speed Satellite Internet subscribers. The new HN9000 modem will be used to access the High Speed Internet provided by Spaceway-3.  If you are a new customer using the HN9000 modem we would like comments and customer feedback on this blog.  If you are considering becoming a new Hughes Satellite Internet customer and have more questions about Spaceway service, please leave your comments on this blog and our team will do our best to answer them.  You can also see Wikipedia Spaceway for more information.

HughesNet in Alaska

Normally when you order HughesNet satellite internet, your order is placed in the system one day, and a local installer calls you the next day to setup and configure your satellite dish and equipment. Most people don’t bother to think about the logistics of having thousands and thousands of local installers in every state - sometimes it just doesn’t work. Alaska is one of the states where installers of HughesNet are hard to come by.

When you think of Alaska what comes to mind? Trees. Rivers. Eagles. Nature. Let’s pretend for a minute that you’re a mountain man who lives in Alaska in a small shack with a laptop and decide to order HughesNet because you need broadband internet access. Sorry to inform you but it just won’t happen.

Don’t think people haven’t tried to send installers to Alaska, they have, but there are problems you would never imagine. Some installers have been confronted by a hungry bear. Other times it’s an angry moose. Some need to venture so far into the wilderness that they travel by helicopter, canoe, float plane, and dog sled while also transporting all their equipment.

Thinking about moving to Alaska? I might be a good idea if your trying to get away from civilization and have no need for the internet of computers. But if your like me and need internet access 23 hours out of the day, forget Alaska!

Satellite Internet on Wikipedia

If you are interested in a more in depth technical approach to what satellite internet is and how it works, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_internet

HughesNet versus WildBlue

Not sure about which satellite internet provider to go with? Don’t let WildBlue steal you away from HughesNet. HughesNet offers a higher quality service, 24/7 technical support, professional installations, $100 mail-in-rebate, and a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Call us at 1-866-430-8170 to learn more.