I waded around for awhile and found all the fine print for the old plans,
but cannot find it for the new viasat2 plans https://viasat.com/legal

On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I cannot find any fine print on their website, aside from the fact that
> video is limited in speed.  Overages do not exist with them anymore from
> what I am told.
> https://www.viasatsavings.com/lp/plans?kbid=113645&gclid=
> EAIaIQobChMIisSHm5HU3AIV17jACh2PCQINEAAYASAAEgKoePD_BwE
>
> 12Mbps - $50 ($70 after the first 3 months) - video @360p
> 25Mbps - $70 ($100 after the first 3 months)  - video @480p
> 50Mbps - $100 ($150 after the first three months)  - video @720p
> 100Mbps - $150 ($200 after the first three months)  - video @1080p
>
> https://corpblog.viasat.com/new-plans/
>
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Those are not exactly unlimited plans. They are "unlimited" plans. Key
>> point is the quotes. The different plans recognize video streaming and
>> limit it to lower data rates. There is also a cap on what actually
>> constitutes "unlimited" for each plan. You need to read the fine print, and
>> they don't make that easy to find on their web site.
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 8/4/2018 8:43 AM, Jeremy wrote:
>>
>> Viasat2 has unlimited data plans now.  We have actually had two customers
>> switch from our service just for the unlimited data, since we only allow
>> 500GB per month.  One of them came from satellite and then went back due to
>> overages.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Up to 1 Gbps or more, if you have the budget for a large o3b earth
>>> station.
>>>
>>> 2) o3b is around 150ms, absolute lowest you'll see for geostationary 1:1
>>> SCPC is about 492ms
>>>
>>> 3) Totally depends on how it's engineered for fade margin.
>>>
>>> 4) Depends on money, again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Your questions are sort of like asking "how fast is a fiber optic
>>> cable". In actual practice, I think you're asking about consumer graded
>>> highly-contended, shared network TDMA, small VSAT terminals, which Chuck M
>>> summed up neatly as "suck, suck, suck".
>>>
>>> Satellite should be a last resort if nothing else is available.
>>>
>>> If people are willing to pay for it, satellite services that cost
>>> $400-800/mo or more (vs $110/mo consumer VSAT) are a slightly lesser degree
>>> of suck.
>>>
>>> I designed and engineered serious, higher-budget, two way satellite for
>>> defence contractors and government agencies for years - send me a question
>>> offline if you have something more specific in mind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 6:38 AM Eric Muehleisen <ericm...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone out there have any stats or experiences with satellite
>>>> internet that you could share?
>>>>
>>>> 1. What kind of down/up speeds can they deliver?
>>>> 2. What is the RTT latency?
>>>> 3. How much is the service impacted by weather?
>>>> 4. What are the typical data caps and pricing?
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