internet issues and speed testing

  Hello everyone. This is Bruce from HOPEtels.org , the Casitas in Mulege, and the casitas in Santa Fe NM. www.casitas.net.  I use a pretty sophisticated wireless signal in Santa Fe that allows me to cover two square city blocks which include about 60 guest rooms with three internet accounts. For those of you living in RV parks, compounds, villages, etc. I can do the same thing. I just need one or two telmex high speed internet accounts and I can spread the signal out all over the park. If you are familiar with the Orchards Vacation Village in Mulege I will be doing the same thing there too. No more walking to your neighbors, no more $ 50 a month for internet, it's all shared and it works all over the park, AND I can run a hard wire from an antenna to your computer which make SKYPE work 100 percent better.
    I can also beam internet for miles, so if you are in a town that does not have internet, but there is another town within 10 miles that DOES have internet we might be able to work something out.
    Mulege is a perfect spot because there is a big hill on the side of town which will allow me to beam a signal to a town like Punta Chivato.
Email casitas@swcp.com  if you are interested.

Some residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a holiday gift this December – the fastest home internet speed available just about anywhere in the world.

US Internet, based in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka, announced this week that it has begun rolling out 10 gigabit per second internet access, ten times faster than Google Fiber's much-publicized gigabit connections, and similar planned networks in the UK.

It's also much faster than typical speeds in South Korea, often cited as having the fastest average connections in the world. The company says that compared to the rest of the United States, 10 Gbps is about 200 times faster than the average home connection nationwide.

The fiber optic service will cost $399 per month and the company claims that it will deliver matching upload and download speeds. While only available to a limited number of homes in the southwestern part of the city this winter, US Internet plans to expand its service area in the summer of 2015.

The company currently offers gigabit service for $65 per month in the same service area. In many areas of the United States, cable internet providers charge a comparable amount for connections with a fraction of that kind of speed, while others must contend with even slower DSL access.

La Paz, Baja California Sur (BCS) -. Indeed, BCS has the largest percentage of the population connected to the Internet in Mexico , with 54.6% of its citizens sailing, however just 2 companies are responsible for providing the service, meaning "coverage but little speed," said Carlos Ponce Beltran , president of the Mexican Internet Association (Amipci).

Smartphones are practically everywhere. But if you're in the middle of nowhere without a signal, that iPhone 5s or Galaxy S4 won't do you much good. Many people already turn to satellite phones when they're at sea or in other far-off places, but a new device from Iridium takes a satellite signal and turns it into a Wi-Fi hotspot for your existing mobile devices.

The Iridium Go! is a lot like a portable hotspot device that you might pick up at your local wireless store. Only instead of picking up a local 4G signal to send to your tablet or laptop, it supplies some of those devices with the same data that you'd get from a satellite phone. The downside is that this data is going to be ridiculously slow (Iridium tells me "up to 2.4 kbps"). But the upside is that you'll have a connection to the outside world no matter where you are.

The Go is a fairly small and portable device, measuring 114 x 83 x 32 mm (4.5 x 3.25 x 1.25 in) and weighing 295 g (10.4 oz). When you need to send for help, check for typhoon warnings, or just check in with a loved one, you merely flip up the device's antenna. This powers on the Go and activates its hotspot. Open the companion Iridium Go app on your smartphone or tablet (available for both iOS and Android) and enjoy internet speeds you haven't seen since the mid-90s. Iridium says the rugged device is built to withstand harsh conditions, charges via microUSB, and can connect to up to five mobile devices at a time.

 HughesNet Satellite Internet available in Baja Sur, anywhere! Sales and installations available now. Contact satellite specialist: 
Gus Garcia. Cell: 624.154.2971 email: eastcapesatellite@gmail.com


not sure  if this version will work here.  
http://www.hughesnet.com/?page=Plans-Pricing#gen4

10,15 and 20 GB plans $40-100 per month.

I use Skype on a daily basis, mainly to call and receive calls from the US
and other countries. It works perfectly.

However if you need video this is when you will run into problems.

You will most likely find that you can see your partner clearly however they
have trouble seeing and hearing you.

This is due to your Internet connection.

Internet connections are actually two different speeds. One for the
download, this is the speed at which you can receive their video and voice.
This in La Paz is typically ok even on the cheapest package.

The other is your upload speed which is the speed at which you can send your
video and voice. For voice it is strong enough but for video it really
isn't. It is typically 10 times slower than your download here in La Paz.
You can test this by going to an Internet speed test. Simply google "Test my
Internet speed".

If you need to video regularly I recommend upgrading your Internet
connection. This is the best option.

Alternatively if you have an iPhone or certain smart phone models you can
link your computer to your 3G connections. Oddly in La Paz your 3G
connection is much faster than your basic TelMex. Particularly the upload
speed.

This is my current 3G speed as of this morning:

4.90mb download and 1.2mb upload.

This is my typical TelMex speed:

2.9mb download and 0.2mb upload.

I hope that this helps with your problems and feel free to reply with any
questions. My wife is a trained computer engineer and I have a number of
computing qualifications to degree level.

  Hello everyone. This is Bruce from HOPEtels.org , the Casitas in Mulege, and the casitas in Santa Fe NM. www.casitas.net.  I use a pretty sophisticated wireless signal in Santa Fe that allows me to cover two square city blocks which include about 60 guest rooms with three internet accounts. For those of you living in RV parks, compounds, villages, etc. I can do the same thing. I just need one or two telmex high speed internet accounts and I can spread the signal out all over the park. If you are familiar with the Orchards Vacation Village in Mulege I will be doing the same thing there too. No more walking to your neighbors, no more $ 50 a month for internet, it's all shared and it works all over the park, AND I can run a hard wire from an antenna to your computer which make SKYPE work 100 percent better.
    I can also beam internet for miles, so if you are in a town that does not have internet, but there is another town within 10 miles that DOES have internet we might be able to work something out.
    Mulege is a perfect spot because there is a big hill on the side of town which will allow me to beam a signal to a town like Punta Chivato.
Email casitas@swcp.com  if you are interested.