I know this is way off topic here, but this is for my sister, so I'm going to post anyways.
Comcast Cable company, one of the largest Internet Service Providers, announced publicly that they will begin to invoke there Fare Access Policy (FAP) as of September 1st 2008. What this means is that the consumer will have a monthly cap on download usage. Once this cap is reached, the account will be suspended until the beginning of the next month. If this cap is reached twice in a six month period, the account will be terminated for at least one year. Comcast has always had a usage cap in print in there contract, but has not been enforced until now. Comcast says this change must be made in order to allow fare access to all of it's customers to the limited available bandwidth.
Though HughesNet, and Wild Blue currently have similar FAP policies, Comcast's decision to make this leap with there immense customer base, has been touted as the Start of an inevitable change that most ISP's have been talking about for a few years now, but were affraid to enforce it.
We realize that this will make a lot of people angry, but this will allow us to offer higher speed packages to most customers.
To this point, Michiana Wireless, and other similar ISP's are testing certain area's offering up to 100mbps connection speeds enforcing there FAP, and are finding that so far, there customers are happy to abide by the policies given there new incredibly fast connection speeds.
HughesNet announced on Friday August 15th that they are now offering much higher packages of up to 5mbps download speeds. That's nearly double there previous highest speeds available.
HughesNet has been known to be the The Leader in Secure Satellite Internet services providing high speed internet services to commercial business's, home based business's, and residential customers alike with high speed internet connectivity.
EchoStar has done a deal to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA’s satellite broadband Internet service, officials said Monday.
Through the agreement, EchoStar will provide SkyWay USA with domestic Ku-band satellite bandwidth.
“We are pleased to enter into this agreement with SkyWay USA to provide them with critical bandwidth to support their rural satellite internet solution,” Dean Olmstead, president of EchoStar Satellite Services, said in a prepared statement. “With EchoStar’s U.S. fleet of powerful Ku and Ka-band satellites, we were able to provide an immediate solution to help SkyWay USA expand its customer base.”
EchoStar’s capacity will be used by SkyWay USA to provide high-speed satellite Internet services to rural America. EchoStar represents a significant source of Ku-band and Ka-band satellite capacity together with satellite-related products and uplink support services.
“We are very excited about our multi-transponder, long-term agreement with EchoStar,” SkyWay USA CEO Dwayne Hay said in a prepared statement. “Our agreement with this strategic partner gives SkyWay the green light to rapidly deploy our hybrid satellite internet platform while not being concerned about satellite capacity for the next several years.”
AT&T is lining up against Comcast in the Midwestern town that Notre Dame calls home, as the telco launches its U-verse triple play in South Bend, Ind., and three surrounding communities.
Customers can currently order AT&T U-verse TV, Internet and voice services in parts of four local communities: Granger, Mishawaka, Roseland and South Bend. The company said it will make U-verse services available to more homes throughout the area on an ongoing basis.
“With the launch of AT&T U-verse TV, South Bend-area customers are finally getting a better choice to break free from cable,” AT&T general manager for Indiana and Michigan Bob Nixon said in a statement. “And we're taking it even further by making your services work together and offering cool features you can't get anywhere else.”
AT&T cited the statewide cable-franchise legislation Indiana enacted in 2006 for allowing the U-verse rollout in the area.
In the South Bend area, AT&T is offering more than 45 high-definition channels. Its DSL-based Internet service provides a maximum downstream speed of up to 10.0 Megabits per second and upstream speeds up to 1.5 Mbps.
AT&T is providing information on U-verse online, through a toll-free phone number and at two retail locations in Mishawaka, Ind.
Could you use $500 in Free Gas? July 21, Dish Network retailer DishNetwork.ws announced that it will be offering $500 in free gas for all qualifying new Dish customer, or Hughesnet satellite internet signups! But you must request this promotion at time signup, and additional shipping and handling fee's apply.
Wow! The Free Gas may be distributed in $25 increments, but if you do the math, it's still a great deal.
AT&T will stop reselling Dish Network satellite TV services on Dec. 31 under the terms of the two companies’ 2003 agreement, but the telco said it’s still “evaluating” its options on whether it would offer DirecTV or Dish service in 2009 and beyond.
TurboHD by Dish Network, The Only 100% HD Service! 17 new channels 1 August! We're going BACK to Bronze, Silver, Gold! The new channels are the HBO, Starz/Encore ones (Encore HD launches likely next week, "middle of this month" stated) plus Lifetime, LMN HD (and a delay to 21 July for Cox's Lifetime HD rollout means Cox still gets it first!), one Cinemax channel, Planet Green HD, and CBS College Sports HD.
Also August 1st seems to be MPEG-4 Day for dumping MPEG-2
Dish HD locals planned to launch by 30 July: Abilene, Fargo, Greenville NC, Madison, Myrtle Beach, Sherman-Ada, South Bend, Waco, Wichita Falls, Northeast Pennsylvania (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre).
Also this summer: Columbia-Jefferson City, Des Moines, Joplin, Omaha, Lincoln NE, Quincy, Topeka.
A new value option is called the Welcome Pack, which includes 20 channels among which are Food Network, TBS, MSNBC, and the Weather Channel. (really lame name alert). There's also a Dish Latino flavor. You can get locals OR the Welcome Pack (and in DL flavor for the same price) for $9.99 or both for $14.99 beginning 1 August.
On August 14 30 new HD channels will appear on DTV, some of which are premium channels. Some are in the works for Dish or are there already: Planet Green HD, ABC Family HD. Additional PPV channels and 23 regional sports networks are also coming - and when DirecTV 12 comes to life next year, it will push the number up to 200!
August 1st is a red-letter day for DirecTV as it launches Eurocinema, which is a foreign-film on demand service, on its DirecTV On Demand platform.
Get ready for a software update! This one will enable 1080p resolution on Dish Network, but given how everything's either 1080i or 720p, it might not work. They will do movies in 1080p, such as I Am Legend
A slew of channels became available on DishNetwork on August 1st. Lifetime, LMN, CBS College Sports are stretchovision, but the latter is reported to be having HD college football soon. Dish Network channel 6799 changed names to "TURBO". In the early morning hours, a Turbo-charged HD timer countdown (EPG "Turbo Upgrade in Progress" appeared on several channels, including ESPN2HD, ESPN, A&E, Showtime, Bravo, TBS, and HBO. MPEG2 HD will not be upgraded. Encore HD on for AT250 Ultimate and reported to be on the Essentials package.
GOL TV has departed from DishNetwork. GOL TV's website says that it is no longer available on Dish Network "despite efforts" to keep it. Other sources note that Setanta Sports has replaced GOL TV.
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