Sounds like there are troubles with the Viasat 2 Satellite. Some beams are not working as intended. Troubleshooting ongoing by Boeing and Viasat. Still planning on coming online in February. Google "Boeing investigating antenna glitch on ViaSat-2 satellite".
Here is the link
Here is the link
Posted 2 years ago
Stephen Rice, Champion
VeteranSatUser, Champion
Probably the antenna for my beam with my luck :)
Probably mine too. Exede 5 has been closed to new installations all but about 6 months (guessing) since introduced. People had no choice but Hughesnet, and some that signed up for Exede initially switched to them in an attempt to get better performance (because it's poor). Out of most of my neighbors having Wildblue/Exede, I only know of a couple now, haven't spoken to them in a while, don't know if any other of the "fancy" plans are available here other than the old 10GB (and up) with free zone plans, they weren't last time I checked.
I know that I'm replying to an old thread, but it bears watching as the new service comes online I think.
I know that I'm replying to an old thread, but it bears watching as the new service comes online I think.
I would anticipate that Exede 5 areas would be the focus of marketing efforts and an easier sell right out of the blocks - a proven/known base of households (including HughesNet susbcribers there) that actually require the benefits of Viasat-2 - just don't expect to be paying less but maybe the same for more, IMHO!
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VeteranSatUser, Champion
I feel sorry for the Exede 5 people. I never felt it was right to call it Exede because it was nowhere close to what Exede could deliver on Viasat-1. It was basically a souped up version of Wildblue, and those poor subs have been stuck with that type of service for upwards of a decade or more.
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VeteranSatUser - "nowhere close to what Exede could deliver on Viasat-1"
Exede-5 WB-1: Beam 163
Exede-5 WB-1: Beam 163
Stephen Rice, Champion
19.6 Mbps pointed at Wildblue 1? That's incredible.
Just another example of what proper traffic handling can manage.
Just another example of what proper traffic handling can manage.
RE: 19.6 Mbps pointed at Wildblue 1?
Beam 163 was never fully populated, and being in Midwest (NE mostly), these folks go to bed by around 10PM during school days. When aircraft service came overhead, this reduced primetime speeds, but during LNFZ and other off-hours, it zooms.
Below shows about a 13 Mbps flat-line download, after midnight, of some 1/2 Gig plus downloaded
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Beam 163 was never fully populated, and being in Midwest (NE mostly), these folks go to bed by around 10PM during school days. When aircraft service came overhead, this reduced primetime speeds, but during LNFZ and other off-hours, it zooms.
Below shows about a 13 Mbps flat-line download, after midnight, of some 1/2 Gig plus downloaded
As stated, it all depends on the time and the beam.
Good speeds, unfortunately many beams at that time still < 3
Good speeds, unfortunately many beams at that time still < 3
For those beams affected via aircraft traffic, this too will pass...aircraft will be transferred over to VS-2 in time...only select VS-2 beams are open...hence, when all beams are open, then aircraft traffic will be transferred over, most likely.
Ken