Astrium Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I'm going to take a moment to rant about slow-ass satellite Internet and why it's the worst thing since Stalin. I was forcibly relocated to a new house on the other side of my town back in March. We went from the middle of town where we had awesome and fast Suddenlink DSL to a house in the woods where all we could get was HughesNET satellite Internet. It is hands down the worst Internet I have ever used. My grandma's dial-up connection was actually faster. I am so far behind on everything because of this fucking shit. I have a backlog of YouTube videos I need to watch going all the way back to March, plus I haven't uploaded anything on my channel in months. I've been burning through data on my family's cell phone plan using the hotspot to play games on Steam. Generally speaking, I can watch two episodes of any given show on Netflix per month. I hate HughesNET and the entire concept of satellite Internet with every fiber of my being. We ended up just going "Fuck it!" and paying Suddenlink $4,000 to run poles and cables to our house. They're supposed to finish up the installation tomorrow. It would have been today, but they scheduled us for the wrong time and we were out at the time. I'm so glad to finally be getting rid of this terrible Internet. For reference on how slow this goddamn shit is: I bought GTA V during Steam's Black Friday sale. Started the download two days ago, and it's been going pretty much nonstop ever since. The game is 33% done downloading, and only then because the Internet gets a super boost between 2:00 AM and 6:00AM. Satellite is the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchy Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 That sounds like hell on earth, glad your going to be rid of it soon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aouzy Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I feel your pain. I once had satellite internet at my place and I could never use it while it raining. I don't know why it was ever invented in the first place. It's useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 my internet is pretty shit. but its fast enough for the xbox and my phone does everything else. my phone is barry allen fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrium Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 my internet is pretty shit. but its fast enough for the xbox and my phone does everything else. my phone is barry allen fastYour phone is so fast that it vanishes into the space-time continuum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) I'm still on satellite internet when I'm at home. 1mb/s download speeds at best. Woo. But hey, on the bright side, at least you don't have this (what I used to have) Edited December 1, 2015 by Battlechili Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewge Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I used to have satellite internets a long time ago... worst thing ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikugemu Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 May god have mercy on your soul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchy Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I'm still on satellite internet when I'm at home. 1mb/s download speeds at best. Woo. But hey, on the bright side, at least you don't have this (what I used to have)AHHHHH HOW DO YOU LIVE?!??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizan Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) My internet is ok i guess...This is only at my school though back home is much worse I hope you get everything worked out soon! Slow internet is so frustratiing Edited December 1, 2015 by Kaizan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordo Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Ugh. HughesNet sucks swampy balls. They had it at the office here and not only was it slow as fuck you can't get an unlimited plan or even one with a high cap. I refuse to get one at home but there aren't many alternatives when living in the ass of nowhere. Fortunately this particular ass of nowhere has a single new 4g cell tower that happens to be close by. We use the phone and 4g for 100% of our internet. And no it's not cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrium Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) I just did a speedtest on my PC. 760 MS ping, .11 BPS, and it didn't even give me an upload or download speed. Sounds about right. Update: .11 Mbps download speed, .39 Mbps upload. FML. -.- Edited December 1, 2015 by Astrium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorroValdez Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Satellite kills sanity, as I found myself frequently cursing at clouds for interrupting the signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Satellite kills sanity, as I found myself frequently cursing at clouds for interrupting the signal. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorroValdez Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Precisely. :v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Your phone is so fast that it vanishes into the space-time continuum?well i paid quite a bit for it so i like to pretend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clove Darkwave Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Yeah satellite anything is a pretty terrible idea in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouge Artist Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Oh man I feel your pain! I remember back when my family had HughesNET and that wasn't the best choice. you could only do so much with 400mb, our daily download allowance. Also it would go out a lot in the winter. Dish proved to be more reliable by a long shot! I really hate satellite internet with a passion. Fortunately there's one more wireless option in my area thats pretty good compared to satellite. They use a radio tower system and it's pretty reliable most of the time, not to mention the speeds pretty alright for being in the mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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