BajaNomad

Exede vs. Hughes Gen 4 satellite internet

DanO - 6-4-2013 at 04:51 PM

Anyone have any experience with Exede satellite internet or any basis to compare it to Hughes Gen 4? The advertised speeds (see links) are way faster than my current Starband setup, but I'm wondering about range SOB (Baja Norte) and reliability.

http://www.exede.com/internet-packages-pricing

http://www.hughesnet.com/?page=Plans-Pricing

bajamedic - 6-4-2013 at 10:20 PM

DanO, I cannot address the Baja coverage, but I do have a Hughes Gen4 at my cabin. I am impressed with the speed; it is almost as fast as my in-town connection. Since upgrading to the Gen4 I have never exceeded my daily allocation… the old system, I exceed my limits quite often. JH

larryC - 6-5-2013 at 07:30 AM

Dano
Those speeds and bandwidth really blows starband away. The only thing I have heard about new satellite services is that some of them are "spotbeamed" to your subscribed address. Check with Exceed and ask them if it is possible to move the system after it is installed. If you can move it let me know I would be interested also.
Larry

MICK - 6-5-2013 at 09:00 AM

We have excede just below Mexicali and it works great. I was told that it is spot beam and san Felipe is very close to being outside of the beam. I was told that they are always getting more area so it would be worth a check. Wildblue will tell you they do not work in baja so you should check with a distributor. I have not used gen 4 but I like not having a daily allowance. Our speed is amazing. I have checked it with speedtest.net and seam to be getting about 7-8 mbps which is way better than the cox we had in the states.
Good luck Mick

DanO - 6-5-2013 at 11:36 AM

Thanks all. I'm arranging to have both systems brought down, so if Exede doesn't work, I can have the Hughes Gen 4 installed instead and get a refund on the Exede system setup fee. Will report back.

CortezBlue - 6-5-2013 at 12:57 PM

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-HughesNet-Gen-4-Satel...

This is a great site.

Bob and Susan - 6-5-2013 at 01:35 PM

dano...I just went thru a week exercise with hugesnet...

be very careful...gen4 can be beamed to less than 10 miles
you may loose service in mexico...
and hughesnet phone assistance will lie to make the sale

in my case SATmex5 was taken down
I had to change to SATmex6

what a pain..

oladulce - 6-5-2013 at 10:49 PM

Haven't heard of Excede. What's the scoop?

Desertbull - 6-6-2013 at 07:37 AM

Bob...SATMEX 5 aka 117W was the best thing going on for the last 10 years! I have cancelled my mobile SAT systems running off our trucks up and down the Peninsula and going a different route.

CortezBlue - 6-6-2013 at 07:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
dano...I just went thru a week exercise with hugesnet...

be very careful...gen4 can be beamed to less than 10 miles
you may loose service in mexico...
and hughesnet phone assistance will lie to make the sale

in my case SATmex5 was taken down
I had to change to SATmex6

what a pain..


I have heard that Huges is going to tighten the spot beam when I was considering them in San Felipe. However, I was able to get WiMax in SF and it is cheap and seems to work well.