I am sick of download and upload speeds in the KB range! This occurs primarily in the evenings. I realize this is peak usage time when the "pipeline" is clogged. BUT, Viasat is still selling services and it's my guess the "pipeline" is no bigger....hence a problem likely to get worse. If this is, indeed the case, Viasat should CEASE SALES until they can provide a solution!
It should be noted, this is while I am below the data cap, not using Liberty Pass!
It should be noted, this is while I am below the data cap, not using Liberty Pass!
Posted 10 months ago
VeteranSatUser, Champion
4:30 PM CDT and heading for rock bottom.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
That's bad!
@ Devin Abbe
Nobody has said it yet...
Send an email to viasatlistens@viasat.com and explain this situation. Things can be done for you including diagnostics and other tweaks that can improve your service.
Include your account number and contact information. Expect a confirmation email in minutes and an official reply within 24 hours.
You know, I like you J&J, Craig, or whoever. Smartest guy on the forums. I once posted about my experience with emailing. Not to say it doesn’t sometimes work if there is a problem that can be fixed. I think, more often than not though, the problem is simply to little bandwidth on most beams. You, I think, are on one of the few magical beams where rainbows are present and birds chirp happily.
I invite the CEO himself to my house during prime time to stream a movie with me. His choice, I’ll pay for the download. I’ll grill steaks, baked potatoes, and some pineapple. Someone with some power should experience what too many of us are currently. I bet he has cable.
I invite the CEO himself to my house during prime time to stream a movie with me. His choice, I’ll pay for the download. I’ll grill steaks, baked potatoes, and some pineapple. Someone with some power should experience what too many of us are currently. I bet he has cable.
Hear, hear
mine has been no connection all month,but they show my modem is online with nothing but a throughput problem, regardless of what they say, it still does not work and according to them it is working fine.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
That sounds like a problem between the modem and your device. When they run checks, they can talk to your modem. If they talk to your modem, then the connection is good to THAT point.
@ Bradley
I cannot accept your appraisal of my talents. Truly the smartest guy(s) on this forum is a "dead-heat-tie" with Old Labs and VeteranSatUser. I have a long way to go to so much as catch-up with them. Thanks for the complement, but it is undeserved.
I am on a single beam but there are two serving this area, #364 & 369, both not anywhere near loaded to capacity - yet.
The dinner thing with Mark Dankburg... He's a busy man but I'll show up as his representative and report back to him my dining experience featuring you as the Chef and the embarrassing lack of sufficient Internet speed, supplied by Viasat, to have Internet-streamed entertainment while I was there. I'm sure he will be disappointed to hear that, although when he hears there will be pineapple, he might just accept himself.
I cannot accept your appraisal of my talents. Truly the smartest guy(s) on this forum is a "dead-heat-tie" with Old Labs and VeteranSatUser. I have a long way to go to so much as catch-up with them. Thanks for the complement, but it is undeserved.
I am on a single beam but there are two serving this area, #364 & 369, both not anywhere near loaded to capacity - yet.
The dinner thing with Mark Dankburg... He's a busy man but I'll show up as his representative and report back to him my dining experience featuring you as the Chef and the embarrassing lack of sufficient Internet speed, supplied by Viasat, to have Internet-streamed entertainment while I was there. I'm sure he will be disappointed to hear that, although when he hears there will be pineapple, he might just accept himself.
Lol. I’m a mean chef on the grill.
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unlimited bronze 12 plan myself sucks 2 am tll 10am am good 11pm till 1am dial up service basically 0.2 0.3 0.25 and sometimes 1.0 if am lucky shannon williams at 90 dollars a month disappointmented seriously too much for slow speeds yes i am on all day yes i stay in the country but am on all day cause am bored in county and handicapped no data caps yeah right and am on unlimited thats not capped too much money for dialup effect 7 -9 hours of slow speeds o n a satellite that i heard satellite internet was faster than brand broad i dont see it speed needs improvements for 90 dollars a month on dialup like speeds 6 to 7 hours monthl
What do you expect??? In anticipation of VS2 actually working and being fully deployed they have completely oversold VS1 with these new plans. 40 gigs for $65 a month??? That’s only $15 more then I was paying for 10 gigs a month. Thank god for HughesNet Gen 5. If viasat hadnt lost 100k customers to Gen 5 just imagine what we’d be dealing with now!!! I’m sick of the BS. Want a complete explanation and roll out plan for VS2. Especially annoying is 2 populated cities 30 minutes from me have Gold 50 available. Why are they opening up VS2 service in populated cities that have cable and fios internet already????
VeteranSatUser, Champion
Less subs. So when there are problems a smaller customer base is impacted.
Ever get the feeling Viasat might fold up the antennas and try again?
That would require a planned outage and no mission-critical customers could be on VS2 when that was done. Our sudden speed decline may be an indicator that heavy bandwidth customers are being moved back to VS1 pending the antenna procedure's outcome.... if that's what is happening.
Sounds plausible. My speeds definitely went into the crapper 2 to 3 days ago! Central Indiana-lots of planes flying overhead.
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Refolding is a risk it would not take.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
Interesting theory. I know one thing. For me this week the primetime speeds have been horrendous. I haven't seen speeds this bad in some time.
The two Viasat1 beams that cover our area have been closed to new customers this week due to congestion. The majority of this area does not have access to Viasat2 yet. So at least they're not adding additional customers in certain beams.
Nathan mentioned a lot of Viasat customers switching to Hughes Gen5, we may see quite a few of those customers come back to Viasat2 when available. Prime time congestion on Gen 5 in our area is so bad that new customers are being installed on the older Echo17 satellite. Echo19 has become congested in our beams in less than a year with evening speeds sub 1Mbps. But as always, congestion depends on your location and your specific beam.
Nathan mentioned a lot of Viasat customers switching to Hughes Gen5, we may see quite a few of those customers come back to Viasat2 when available. Prime time congestion on Gen 5 in our area is so bad that new customers are being installed on the older Echo17 satellite. Echo19 has become congested in our beams in less than a year with evening speeds sub 1Mbps. But as always, congestion depends on your location and your specific beam.
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Stephen Rice, Champion
I feel silly for mentioning this now, but has anyone thought about the kids being on spring break, combined with "unlimited" internet being the cause of the sudden slow down this week?
VeteranSatUser, Champion
These "unlimited" plans which both companies offer that are not really unlimited doesn't help the situation.
Well i have done my part in limiting the congestion, i've only used 85 G of my 150 with one day to go. Of course my kids will be here tomorrow to spend Easter weekend with us, probably another 10 to 15 G by Sunday evening.
Happy Easter to all who will be celebrating this weekend.
Happy Easter to all who will be celebrating this weekend.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
Based on the traffic on the highways today, I am not sure who is at home to use the internet!
No "unlimited" plans being offered to me anymore, just LIberty plans. Probably a good thing.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
You and I got Freedom though. Best plan ever!
Yep. I don't see any reason to change plans now. Disappointing because I was really looking forward to better plans with Viasat 2.
Yep. I don't see any reason to change plans now. Disappointing because I was really looking forward to better plans with Viasat 2.
1.1 mbps at 10:58pm
What's the matter Tim... speed been a 'tad-bit' slow lately? It gets worse.
Mine? Oh it's fine... Not too bad... for a 12Mbps plan.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
No need to brag. Come on over to a congested beam and wipe that smirk off your face :)
Exactly, being an ass doesn't add anything to all of us that have consistant slow speeds. It IS what this threads about. I guess he can't help himself.
Tim..
You enjoy putting your digs into Viasat more than you would enjoy good speed. If you want to be a cheerleader to every jerk that comes here knocking Viasat... have that fun you so cherish. Your wish is granted.
I don't get ticked by every person that comes here complaining about speed, just the one's that use that complaint as a method to slam Viasat unjustly. There will always be complaints about speed but the Attack part is where I take notice, and I've noticed you, a lot.
I've told you Viasat has little incentive to help you out. Keep giving them a black-eye at every opportunity and see how that works out for you.
You enjoy putting your digs into Viasat more than you would enjoy good speed. If you want to be a cheerleader to every jerk that comes here knocking Viasat... have that fun you so cherish. Your wish is granted.
I don't get ticked by every person that comes here complaining about speed, just the one's that use that complaint as a method to slam Viasat unjustly. There will always be complaints about speed but the Attack part is where I take notice, and I've noticed you, a lot.
I've told you Viasat has little incentive to help you out. Keep giving them a black-eye at every opportunity and see how that works out for you.
I can't help it if you want to be a Richard, I have done everything i can. It their fault not mine. I pay the serviice cobtract fee. They have been to my house and found nothing wrong. When customer service flat out lies is that my fault ? You can cheerlead all you want and defend their piss poor service to all if these people that are complaining. I am still waiting for new sat that i was told i was moved to last year. Bold faced lie by customer service.
VeteranSatUser, Champion
You are the one that was told they moved you to the new satellite....before it was even in final orbit. Not the first thing or the last thing that customer service says that must be taken with a grain of salt.
Yes I was told this and I knew it could not be true. They employ and condone customer service that lies to customers, no other way of looking at it. I called back and asked why and never received an answer. :3 what ever that means
VeteranSatUser, Champion
I don't believe it is on purpose. Tier 1 support is basically some basic troubleshooting which includes a couple tests read from a script. Unless you are talking with somebody on the technical staff in Denver, don't take it as gospel
Deku (The #1 Hero Data Saver), Champion
yeah after making a phone call to viasat customer service... i ratted them out and stuff... and even used fowl langauge... cause i was so ticked off at them... so now... after like 30 some minutes with a nice lady onto the phone she even told me and shes gots my confidence back with them :3 now i fully am wanting to stay with viasat now :3
BUT!!! as soon as i gots off the phone with her... now my download speeds was 24mbps then it went to 21mbps.... and since... my speedtest wont load good... apprently... everytime i try to refresh so i can get the upload speeds... its always stuck... so i refresh speedtest... then it goes to a different server... refresh again then it goes to a different server...
i dont know what they did @>@ BUT!!! THOSE ARE THE BEST DOWNLOAD SPEEDS EVER!!! :3 ALSO!!! :3 the servers keep changing on me @>@ i dont know why though @>@ so i cant get an upload speed cause its always stuck there ;-; BUT!!! whatever they did while i was talking to the nice lady IMMA SO FRICKING HAPPY!!! :3
BUT!!! as soon as i gots off the phone with her... now my download speeds was 24mbps then it went to 21mbps.... and since... my speedtest wont load good... apprently... everytime i try to refresh so i can get the upload speeds... its always stuck... so i refresh speedtest... then it goes to a different server... refresh again then it goes to a different server...
i dont know what they did @>@ BUT!!! THOSE ARE THE BEST DOWNLOAD SPEEDS EVER!!! :3 ALSO!!! :3 the servers keep changing on me @>@ i dont know why though @>@ so i cant get an upload speed cause its always stuck there ;-; BUT!!! whatever they did while i was talking to the nice lady IMMA SO FRICKING HAPPY!!! :3
Deku...........
I keep telling you that it's because you're living right. I have never called customer service in my life but then I don't have to, I have.... ummm.... let's call it.... Other channels of communication with Viasat.
YOU deserve a good speed, always.
The change in servers is probably based on the ping. Many speed-test sites use the ping to determine the one they think will be the fastest. Maybe one server for a second had a faster ping than one you were just at.
Deku (The #1 Hero Data Saver), Champion
yeah i know youve been telling me that all these times :3 imma so glad that you did :3 THANKS SO FRICKING MUCH!!! :3
Stephen Rice, Champion
Deku got mat at Viasat? What did I miss?
I think it was more the speed-test site, but she got it to go, so all is good now. :o)
She wouldn't really be mad at Viasat.... I mean, hey, it's Deku !
She wouldn't really be mad at Viasat.... I mean, hey, it's Deku !
If you take anime away from her? Oh, I don't know about that!
