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Was on the waiting list for a while and had one of the first 100 in Florida.
All i can say is it's better than dialup. Downloads can be faster than dsl/cable but if you try and download a huge file (200 MB or larger) it will throttle you down to dialup speed.
Upload speed is about 8KB sec, about twice the speed as dialup.
Also, you have a slight lag time period (1/2 second or so) when clicking on a link, since the satelite is in orbit and so far away.
Once it connects and starts downloading it goes fast though. I've gotten download speeds almost as hi as 500 KBS, thats higher than t1 speeds on download.
The only other thing I can think of is occasional weather outages during heavy cloudy rainy days.
It's not as good as dsl or cable but definately better than dialup.
I moved and have a fast cable now, much better.
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