Freedom showed up on mine! I couldn't get it to change online so called this morning and they switched it for me. I never thought we would see it before ViaSat 2 went live.
Spinninghorse VS1/B329/Freedom, Champion
Posted 3 years ago
Bev, Champion
Diana, Viasat Employee
I switched to the wifi boost 25 plan and wondering if I will actually see the 25 mbps on beam 329
Let us know and under what circumstances... I rarely see even 12 Mbps these days during non-peak hours and much worse during the evening hours on 329. Early AM after free zone(s) does reliably yield 12 Mbps or greater.
Historically this has been a crowded beam foot print.
I'm really more curious as to whether the Boost 25 option really increases speed (i.e gives you a higher priority) or simply provides a higher capacity threshold that is similarly subject to current utilization rates by other subscribers. Naturally it would require something on the other end delivering at that rate such as a speed test, streaming in HD, downloading, etc.
Historically this has been a crowded beam foot print.
I'm really more curious as to whether the Boost 25 option really increases speed (i.e gives you a higher priority) or simply provides a higher capacity threshold that is similarly subject to current utilization rates by other subscribers. Naturally it would require something on the other end delivering at that rate such as a speed test, streaming in HD, downloading, etc.
Spinninghorse VS1/B329/Freedom, Champion
I thought about the 25 boost, but didn't want to spend the xtra money if I wasn't going to get the xtra boost on our beam. Please share your results.
Bev, Champion
I know that for me, on beam 332, the Boost modem more than doubled my download speed - This is today, overcast at both my home and, my gateway.
Before the boost modem I average close to 20Mbps off peak and 10Mbps peak, now I get 40Mbps most of the time and, drop to about 25Mbps peak hours if my beam is at it's busiest. (doesn't happen every day on my beam so, even days like to day at 16:00, I see top speeds.
The Boost modem does make a difference.
Before the boost modem I average close to 20Mbps off peak and 10Mbps peak, now I get 40Mbps most of the time and, drop to about 25Mbps peak hours if my beam is at it's busiest. (doesn't happen every day on my beam so, even days like to day at 16:00, I see top speeds.
The Boost modem does make a difference.
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Brad, Viasat Employee
I can confirm for you if you want to send an email over to exedelistens@viasat.com
Steve Frederick-VS1/Beam314, Champion
Rique, here is the link to the beam map https://www.northlc.com/_images/beam_priority_map.png
Steve,
Thanks! That looks like the same map I saw before. I still would like to get clarification / confirmation from Exede, because we appear to be right on the border between 328 and 329.
Thanks again for the link - per the suggestion of Exede Brad, I've sent a request to exedelistens.
Rique
Thanks! That looks like the same map I saw before. I still would like to get clarification / confirmation from Exede, because we appear to be right on the border between 328 and 329.
Thanks again for the link - per the suggestion of Exede Brad, I've sent a request to exedelistens.
Rique
Yes. You are probably right on the border but Viasat can confirm. I am on the edge of a beam myself. That has its issues, as the signal cannot be as strong and you are more prone to weather interuptions.
Exede Brad,
Thanks for getting back to me! I was surprised to learn what beam we are on, but looking at the map again, I can see that we're kind of at the junction of 3 different beam possibilities.
I will continue to check available plans to see if / when even more improvements become available.
Thanks again!
Rique
Thanks for getting back to me! I was surprised to learn what beam we are on, but looking at the map again, I can see that we're kind of at the junction of 3 different beam possibilities.
I will continue to check available plans to see if / when even more improvements become available.
Thanks again!
Rique
You are probably on a beam edge like me Rique. That can lead to a weak signal which means you can be more prone to weather outages. But hopefully with the new satellite the beam structure will be different, especially for those of us in parts of the US that live in areas of highly utilized beams today.
