Bluebird Wireless Internet

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dixierose

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I use Bluebird Wireless internet service. In my area they only guarantee 512 kbps download and upload. My radio is mounted on a 60-foot tower and is hardwired into the office to a switch.

When I first subscribed to their service I was running anywhere from 512 to 1000 kbps and occasionally up to 1500. After a few months it went down noticably. Now I am running 300-700 kbps. I am really wondering if they decreased the bandwidth to our area.

EVERY evening around 6 pm the internet gets very sluggish and it is always slow on the weekends. (probably due to more people being on the internet)

I am wondering does the amount of bandwidth determine your speed? In other words, if I could get Bluebird to provide me more bandwidth would the speed increase?

Bluebird claims my slow speeds are due to noise interference - but the connection once ran fast and nothing has changed. When I call their tech line they always say, Oh, I see right here you have an excellent connection. There is no problem on our side.

Since this is my work connection I'd be willing to pay more per month for better service.

We do have our connection set as a private network. Our closest neighbor uses Bluebird also and the other neighbor doesn't use internet. (In his 80s) So I don't think anyone is stealing/using our connection.

Would appreciate anyone's input.

Also want to say thanks to everyone who shares their info on this board. This is a fantastic forum and y'all are SO smart. Thanks a million. :D
 
Is bluebird the only option for internet in your area? If so, maybe more and more people have gotten it and has decreased your speeds. Seems so if it slows down even more in the evenings and on weekends.
 
Bluebird or verizon air card are the only choice. I live in a rural area. I tried the air card but it would not work due to my office being a metal building . Bluebird would be the best choice as it is unlimited use. My sister has the verizon air card and it doesn't run any faster than Bluebird.
 
hm

I have Bluebird option in my area now. (East Texas).

I was wondering if I should go for it? Or do you know ? It seems you are experiencing speeds from 36-76 KB/sec ?
 
GO FOR IT!! I will say that Bluebird is not as fast in my area as in other areas because (1) this is a very difficult area for wireless (2) they bought out the wireless service in our area which was owned by a local guy. He did not have the money to keep up with the equipment and his equipment was suboptimal. Bluebird is in the process of upgrading all the equipment.

But, Bluebird service is fantastic. While their service desk is closed on the weekends, you can call them M-F until 11 PM. When my wireless goes down - which is not often...they are johnny-on-the-spot. Their service is absolutely fantastic. I generally run about 700 to 1000 Kbps.

I work at home so it is very important that my wireless stays connected. Bluebird has done a fantastic job. You won't be disappointed.

Right after Bluebird took over, we did have some issues, but I think it was mainly due to poor equipment. I am very satisfied with them now.
 
dixierose said:
GO FOR IT!! I will say that Bluebird is not as fast in my area as in other areas because (1) this is a very difficult area for wireless (2) they bought out the wireless service in our area which was owned by a local guy. He did not have the money to keep up with the equipment and his equipment was suboptimal. Bluebird is in the process of upgrading all the equipment.

But, Bluebird service is fantastic. While their service desk is closed on the weekends, you can call them M-F until 11 PM. When my wireless goes down - which is not often...they are johnny-on-the-spot. Their service is absolutely fantastic. I generally run about 700 to 1000 Kbps.

I work at home so it is very important that my wireless stays connected. Bluebird has done a fantastic job. You won't be disappointed.

Right after Bluebird took over, we did have some issues, but I think it was mainly due to poor equipment. I am very satisfied with them now.
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700 - 1000 KBs , do you mean like 700 KB/sec ? As in testmy.net says that ? Or do you mean 700 Kbps as in: 87.5 KB/sec ?
 
dixierose said:
Sorry, :eek: I mean 87 kB/s to 125 kB/s
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Could you post your download speed from testmy.net just for the heck of it? lol.

87-125 would be fine with no download cap. I'd love to stay on Steam and not worry about a game update over a few MBs being posted.

edit: also how about a ping from google?

Pinging google.com [74.125.113.106] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 74.125.113.106: bytes=32 time=716ms TTL=45
Reply from 74.125.113.106: bytes=32 time=745ms TTL=45
Reply from 74.125.113.106: bytes=32 time=723ms TTL=45
Reply from 74.125.113.106: bytes=32 time=793ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 74.125.113.106:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 716ms, Maximum = 793ms, Average = 744ms


That's way too much for me to use my multiplayer side of games.

edit2: Or just use http://speedtest.net/ lol

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1708029608.png

thanks for any help in helping me test it out lol.
 
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