Question about Marketing on Exede Website

I've never been to the Exede website. I knew the limitations before I signed up. I also knew the limitations of my geographic predicament.

Brian, I kinda agree with you. I expect that every company "puffs" in advertising but those kinds of statements are going a little beyond the pale. 

Hello Brian, there are many reasons customers may experience service issues and we hear them all. Sometimes things are loading in the background (FB video, Windows 8 tiles, etc. etc.) that people are unaware of. Sometimes the router is messing up,. People with larger families sometimes don't realize how additional devices and users can add to data consumption (parents often are unaware that their kids are on YouTube all the time, or Skype, or that the PS3 is online, etc.). Sometimes the problem may be on our end, so it's always worth contacting us if you think your data usage isn't adding up properly.

Everyone here on the forum is simply trying to offer their help and experience to clear up all customer issues. Many customers have received advice that led to the resolution of their exact issue. I, as an Exede moderator, am here to help as well and I can always be reached by email at exedelistens@viasat.com. 

My point isn't that data isn't adding up properly it is that Exede is marketing the service it provides as suitable for those particular purposes when anyone who understands data usage and caps can clearly determine it is not.  When an HD movie can eat up several GB of BW it becomes (in my opinion) disingenuous to to say "Your home theater will morph into a metroplex. With on-demand movies." without also giving the caveat that you will need significantly more data than any of the classic plans provides if you intend to use Exede for this purpose outside of the LNFZ.  Same goes for video chatting.  

Sure settings can be modified, but as someone that sees what others are dealing with and hearing from others that I know personally but do not post on this site I feel it is not good to present the service as being suitable for a purpose without giving the couple of caveats about the significant amount of data these services consume.

I just think Exede could be a little more responsible in the way it presents the service and its suitability for particular tasks.  As an IT person, I would NEVER present Exede as an ideal choice for anything requiring significant video chatting or movie watching.  I am posting my opinion in an attempt to help Exede avoid more upset customers.  As a company they can choose to take that opinion and use it or they can choose to toss in the old file 13.... it really doesn't matter to me, but I was just surprised when I saw those points on the site and wanted to point it out to someone.

Hi Brian, Alex in marketing here. You make a good point, of course, about streaming media and data caps. We were testing some new images on that home-page slider and have since taken those down. We try to be very up-front about data in our sales & marketing messaging to ensure folks know how that all works. Thanks for the note!