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You have plenty on your doorstep already.Any activity on a personal computer using a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.) contributes to your Internet data usage. Exede has some of the worst customer satisfaction ratings I've ever seen. You can't defy the laws of physics.Īll I have to do is go the the forums that discuss Exede's customer service to know that if you want negative experiences, you don't have to come here to find them. Any femtocell (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint) will not function dependably with satellite internet. I could go on about satellite internet shortcomings but it's irrelevant. Oh, and what happens to the poor people who hit their data cap for the month and you choke their bandwidth? The Mcell isn't going to function and those people won't have any phone service until the beginning of the next month. That's satellite VOIP in a nutshell.at best! Have you ever tried to carry on a two-way conversation with, let's say, a half second delay or an echo? The brain can't handle the confusion. How exactly do you compensate for the unavoidable latency of satellite internet connections? Unless you've moved ViaSat-1 from geostationary orbit (22,236 miles) down to the ISS altitude and can somehow maintain geostationary orbit, or have developed a wormhole to fold space/time, Exede can not avoid the delay that is introduced by the distances that have to be traversed. It's all well and good to come in and make that statement but I'd like to hear specifically what Exede's "few adjustments" were. If not, your only other options are to use a cellular booster (see my Cellular Booster Guide, link is also in my sig line), switch carriers, or possibly use Google Voice. What AT&T and us recommend now is WiFi-C (WiFi Calling) if your phone is capable of that and you have a post paid AT&T cellular account (which is also required for the MicroCell). Support will continue for the time being but the service will eventually be discontinued altogether. Sales of the MicroCell were discontinued at the end of 2017 because the MicroCell has reached its EOL. We can not help you with specific setup instructions because there are just too many routers, modems, and gateways out there for us to keep up with firmware versions and new models. Setting up your router and/or equipment is up to you and your ISP. There are specific router requirements that need to be met first and they are given in my Tech Guide (see link in my sig line). The MicroCell is connected via an ethernet cable directly to your modem, router, or gateway. That information is mentioned in the docs. It can work, but is not reliable and therefore is not officially supported by AT&T or us. It is designed for land-based internet service only. Wilson Electronics would be the place to the MicroCell is not designed to work with satellite or broadband internet service if that's what you have. The OP didn't say if he could get any signal at all on his cellphones at his home location, but there are cellphone signal booster/antenna solutions that can work in remote areas. Trying to carry on a conversation with this kind of delay will result in two people talking over each other, making a simple phone call an exasperating experience.
The result is a latency that can be as much as 1,150 ms and averages 850 ms. To top it off, two-way satellite Internet connections must make the same round trip twice if data is being sent as well as received. Now add to that the additional latency of the rest of the provider's satellite internet infrastructure and then the internet itself. VOIP, gaming, etc.), it is essentially a deal breaker.Ĭonsider the fact that the radio signal from a satellite modem to the ISP must travel 44,600 miles (up and back) just to start off with. This may not be such a big deal when accessing email or web browsing but for any type of two-way usage (i.e.
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While dishNet (and others) can provide download and upload speeds that exceed the minimum requirements for a femtocell, the dirty little secret they don't talk about in their advertisements is the latency one experiences while using a satellite internet connection. Unfortunately, the universal problem with satellite internet latency would make any femtocell usage just about impossible to tolerate. Just to expound further on the use of femtocells on satellite internet connections, while AT&T says that they do not support this with their Mcell, it can be done with other femtocells.