Exceed internet

I am looking for internet provider I live in a very remote area. I saw an ad for exceed internet in a farm magazine if anyone has exede or knows someone that uses it I would like to know what they think about it

We started with Wild Blue and upgraded to Exceed a couple of years ago. Quite satisfied. Had one issue and their tech services was good. At this time I would certainly recommend it.

http://satellitecomplaints.com/exede-reviews/

Exede is Direct TV.

Satellite is a little better than dial-up for downloading. But be sure you understand the limitations:

1) You will probably have a cap on how much data can be downloaded in a month. You might not be able to watch movies.

2) VPN and gaming usually don't work because of the lag time

3) Upload is slow.

Explore other alternatives, wireless from a cell phone or DSL from a landline might be available even way out in the sticks.

Had Hughes net. for several years. $72 and change a month.Had slow times every day with H net.

Switched to Exede and been happy since. $49 and change per month. That's the smallest data plan. If you need more it cost more for several different plans.

Can't get cable or DSL here yet.

Exceede isn't Direct TV! That would be Hughes Net.
We had Exceede, and will probably go back to them
when our contract wit Dish expires.
They had a WHOLE bunch better down load speed the
what we have now, but the up load wasn't real great.
The plan we had with them, was for 10 gig of data.
Once you went over that, you got throttled down to
nothing. If you are up loading any pictures, down
loading any videos, or on Facebook very much, you
will burn through 10 gigs in about 22 days, then
can't use the net for the remaining 8 days.

I have an Aircard with service thru Verizon. 5 gig per month for $80. Rarely exceed that amount. Nice thing is I can take it anywhere there is cell service. I have mine set up month to month. So if I don't want/need it I just don't buy it that month. Was out of town working all summer, didn't need it(had wi-fi) so I saved myself $240.
Plan to upgrade to a tablet with Verizon service, can use it as a hotspot for my laptop.

Ben

We had Hughes net, worked ok but we switched to Dish because we already had Dish TV. Saved money by bundling the two together.The Dish Internet service is faster.

Ntelos, if you're close enough to a tower to use a signal booster like we do, has unlimited data for business using a "mobile" hotspot (cell without voice). About $40/mo. They have no clue about signal boosters, we're getting service far beyond what they thought possible.

The booster also solved issues with cell reception (different company) inside our signal resistant house.

Never heard of them.

If you or someone in your household has an iPhone or the sort with data, and these days, unlimited data, you can probably turn the iPhone or whatever into a personal hot spot for wireless use. In essence, use it as a wireless router so to speak...if your computer has wireless capability. For instance, my work lap top can work wireless. I have a 4G air card for it that I often use to get out to the internet when I'm out in remote areas, BUT my company iPhone has the ability to act as a personal hot spot, WiFi. When I need it, I access it through my iPhone settings and turn it on, enable it. Then I turn on WiFi access on my lap top, it sees my iPhone, and using a preprogrammed password that was handed out by my iPhone and programmed into my computer, away we go. The iPhone has unlimited data and many programs through cellular carriers do, so...away we go, using internet access readily available that is already paid for. You might want to check around the household to see who has what cellular devices, see if your computer has wireless ability, and if you have questions, go down to where you got your cell phone and ask them about their part. If your computer doesn't have wireless built in, Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc can sell you a wireless device for pretty cheap, one time purchase with no monthly charges that will detect your wireless provider (cell phone data hot spot), and away you go. People do it all the time anymore. Go on vacation? Take you iPad with you using your iPhone as a personal hotspot anywhere you have cellular service...on the beach, in the tent in the woods at night while hunting during the day, at the tractor swap meet, etc.

Check it out. Ask questions. Possibly save yourself from purchasing additional service that you may already have and are paying for.

Good luck.

Mark

(quoted from post at 11:37:04 01/10/15) Exceede isn't Direct TV! That would be Hughes Net.
We had Exceede, and will probably go back to them
when our contract wit Dish expires.
They had a WHOLE bunch better down load speed the
what we have now, but the up load wasn't real great.
The plan we had with them, was for 10 gig of data.
Once you went over that, you got throttled down to
nothing. If you are up loading any pictures, down
loading any videos, or on Facebook very much, you
will burn through 10 gigs in about 22 days, then
can't use the net for the remaining 8 days.

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Excede is sold by and bundled with Directtv.

I would check into any of the cell phone providers before I'd go satellite. From the looks of the satellite complaints link, that's the same problems I had with Hughes Net.
I will say this, they will promise UP TO a certain speed. If you get a fast dial up speed consider yourself lucky.

Must be by location. Hughes Net is sold by Direct TV
here. Dish Net, which is what we have is the same as
Hughes Net.
Exceede is bundled and sold with the local telephone
company.

Dish uses Exede AND Hughes for there satellite providers. Mostly Exede

I have Exede internet. Had it since July2012. They started as Wildblue and when they launched a new faster bird they called the service Exede.

Iffff you can get dsl, cable, or unlimited wireless, I'd go there first.

My Exede plan is 49.99 and has a data limit of 10G per month. I use almost all of it every single month and sometimes go over. Nice thing is you don't get surprise overage fees and if you do run out you can buy extra, 1G for 9.99. If you regularly download a lot, they have a late night free zone 12am-5am.

My experience:
I got them when they were still ironing out the kinks and had issues for the first 3 months. Finally they had to replace the modem. I'd get disconnected if a light cloud went over it was so bad. Since the new modem it has stayed connected in fairly heavy thunder storms. Recently it got snow on the dish and disconnected. I have my dish on a pole so I could reach it and squeegee it clean. Was reconnected by the time I was back in the house.

If I had something wireless with UL data I'd be there in a sec. But it is the best option for me at this time.

They have a forum for themselves and it is quite helpful. The moderators are great.

No I don't work for them and I'm just telling my experiences.
Exede forum

The correct spelling is "Exede". The competitor is Hughesnet (product is Gen4). Exede in most cases is preferred to Hughesnet. It is correct that Dish Network will bundle either Gen4 or Exede, whichever they feel like, depends on the area, etc. But both will be called "DishNet" when bundled with Dish. Dish/Direct don't sell it exclusively, there are usually local installers in the area not tied to the tv companies. If you bundle with Dish, you save some money. You also get worse, not US based support. Also the plans are a little different. Bundled with Dish as example let's say with the 10GB of monthly daytime usage plan, then you also have 10GB of additional usage after midnight. But if you don't bundle and go direct with the company, or like a local reseller or NRTC, you get US support, and instead of the 10GB capped after midnight, it's unlimited. So if you have things to download, it's better not to bundle (10GB + unlimited vs. 10GB + 10GB). Better support and uncapped after midnight (if you go over your monthly daytime use, speed is restored temporarily at that time each night). Also, you need to go to Exede.com to see what's available in your area. They launched a new satellite a couple + years ago, about half the land area of the US has that, the other half has service on the old satellites Wildblue was on. Exede12 in the new areas, Exede5 in the old ones ("up to" speed is slower in the "old" areas). There are now different plans offered in different areas, including "unlimited" in some and some others besides the normal ones. In addition to that, the satellites beam down in several "spotbeams", like a bunch of spotlights over the whole US. Each area is isolated from the next. One can be full, be congested, poor performing, not letting new installs in, while another right next to it is not full, much better performance. So, to find out how well it works in your area, you have to find someone that has it in the exact same "beam"/area that you are in. My area was closed to new installs for two years as an example, nobody new could get it.

That said, cellular is a better choice in general if you can get a signal and your towers aren't overloaded, but that depends on what carriers you have, if any. A few of us on here are familiar with signal boosters, antennas, etc. Also a WISP is often preferable (Google the word). Pretty much you want to be sure it is your only choice before you get it (or the best choice). There is no trial period anymore with the sat. carriers, you get it installed and you are in contract subject to early termination fees on day 1, so you want to be sure.

Also as probably mentioned, it doesn't work as well with everything. The satellites are over 20,000 miles up I believe, the signal (speed of light) takes a while to travel that far and back down, so it adds a little delay to everything. Might be a bit of detectable delay with VOIP/Skype talking, and if you have people that do gaming, multiplayer is not practical. Etc. General browsing, email, it's fine. With the caps, services like Netflix or video in general isn't that practical. You can turn the quality down a little and watch some if careful.

Confusing mess but I/we can clarify what you want.

Well said and I agree.

A point of interest. ViaSat, parent company of Exede, is planning launch of new bird in 2016 ViaSat2. It would be in addition to ViaSat1, the current bird they use for their Exede service.

Nope, sorry. You missed on that one.

I started out with dial up and went to a local tower but had to be line of sight and trees got in the way of that. Besides it was a small operation and reliability totally sucked.Besides it was a small operation and reliability totally sucked. Baud rate went up significantly every time I changed suppliers.

I now have both, the newest Excede with the newest higher speed RT unit and also a Dish bundle saving $10 a month on a TV Internet bundle. The Dish is running the same RT unit with the same baud rate that Excede ran back when it was co operated as Wildblue which were/are all, including Dish coming from the ViaSat companies satellites. Both Excede and Dish are pretty reliable. Every now and then one or the other will be down for a short while but I just figure they are updating equipment software. Don't recall both being out simultaneously.

Dish has the better price. I run around 15 GB per unit per month. It's not cheap, nor is the Satellite Dish TV if you want to get something worth watching. I had Primestar when satellite TV first came out, back in '91-'92 time line, when Mike Rowe was emcee and got tired of looking at his mug. Then went with somebody else, then DirecTV and got tired of them running the bill up all the time and now Dish. Pretty happy with them.

Between the 2 internets and the TV, which is not much programming over the 120 channels of useless stuff (to me) you have to buy, my totals is just about $200/mo. Buttttttttt it helps to soothe cabin fever and geez, with the internet I can talk to you fine folks. Grin

Mark

I have had it since it came out as Wild Blue. Only thing I can get at this location and have no problems. If you have a good line of sight to the south west should have no problems.

R I have Exceed 50 bucks a month.. and it works very well. I have two phones with att cell with text, data, and a good signal . I went by and talked to at&t about getting something where I could use my wireless and internet on lap top. They may have misunderstood me but seemed to not be interested. I thought it might be better at the same price. Guess I need to inquire again.

We have Skybeam, 150 gigs a month, we use 10 to 12. 49.85 a month. Less than a third of what ATT charged and skybeam is twice as fast.

You can get Internet off of the phone if the plan/phone allow it. Or you can get a hotspot device added to the account at more cost of course. The big thing the companies are doing now is sharing data among all devices on the same plan. The companies don't like to give very much data for the $. But if you don't do much, it would work.

Sprint has some more options for a home setup with more data, I hear their service isn't very good sometimes. One prepaid reseller for Verizon was ok here, I had them a couple years, but they raised the price then were shut down. Verizon has this in the link below now, comparable to satellite prices with the lease fee satellite has, would perform MUCH better if the tower isn't overloaded, more like a land connection, if you are in a 4G area, but no free or bonus zones like satellite. It gets more data for the $ than bundling on phones/hotspots, at least last I looked. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/lte-internet-installed/?mlcid=ML|article|click-through|article%20body-verizonwireless.com/b2c/lte-internet-installed/|7217 I've seen that sometimes the hardware they use for this is a little flaky....

No AT&T, Sprint, or Tmobile service in most of my state except by roaming so I don't look into their services that much.

Yep, Exede, no c. Got my paperwork out and looked it up......sur-
nuf.

Mark