ElDoradoSatellite
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Hello All,
We have a customer who cannot get standard, ground-based Internet (DSL, Cable, PTP Wireless, etc.) and he was interested in getting HughesNet Gen4 satellite Internet service if it could support a Sorenson Video Phone service he was considering purchasing.
In researching this subject, I came across this Forum and thought I would ask the Members here for any input you might share. I did find an older related topic here: http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?t=108200 but the last post was well over one year ago. I thought that perhaps some Members might have had direct experience with this device over HughesNet Gen4 or Exede satellite Internet service since then.
Sorenson's official position is the their recommendation against using satellite was based on the older, lower-speed satellite Internet technologies (usually less than 1 Mbps down / 100 Kbps up). But the technician I spoke with there allowed that their service could work over newer satellite Internet technologies if the up and down speed was high enough. Gen4 advertises plans with up to 15 Mbps down and up to 2 Mbps up on their top plan. We've been seeing consistent speeds in our area on HughesNet's lower plans in the neighborhood of 10 Mbps down and 600 Kbps up. Latency (unavoidable over satellite) is around 6/10ths to 8/10ths of a second.
Have any Forum Members had any direct experience using Sorenson's Video Phone (or really anybody's similar products) over either HughesNet Gen4 or Exede satellite Internet service?
Thanks for your answers.
Best Regards,
Alan
Alan Thompson
Chief Technical Consultant
El Dorado Satellite
www.ElDoradoSatellite.com
We have a customer who cannot get standard, ground-based Internet (DSL, Cable, PTP Wireless, etc.) and he was interested in getting HughesNet Gen4 satellite Internet service if it could support a Sorenson Video Phone service he was considering purchasing.
In researching this subject, I came across this Forum and thought I would ask the Members here for any input you might share. I did find an older related topic here: http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?t=108200 but the last post was well over one year ago. I thought that perhaps some Members might have had direct experience with this device over HughesNet Gen4 or Exede satellite Internet service since then.
Sorenson's official position is the their recommendation against using satellite was based on the older, lower-speed satellite Internet technologies (usually less than 1 Mbps down / 100 Kbps up). But the technician I spoke with there allowed that their service could work over newer satellite Internet technologies if the up and down speed was high enough. Gen4 advertises plans with up to 15 Mbps down and up to 2 Mbps up on their top plan. We've been seeing consistent speeds in our area on HughesNet's lower plans in the neighborhood of 10 Mbps down and 600 Kbps up. Latency (unavoidable over satellite) is around 6/10ths to 8/10ths of a second.
Have any Forum Members had any direct experience using Sorenson's Video Phone (or really anybody's similar products) over either HughesNet Gen4 or Exede satellite Internet service?
Thanks for your answers.
Best Regards,
Alan
Alan Thompson
Chief Technical Consultant
El Dorado Satellite
www.ElDoradoSatellite.com