[Joe Wicked]

I have experienced some slow downs, but only 1 drop of service in the year that I have had it. I have heard that some people do experience more drops, but like I said, I am 1/4-1/3 mile from the antenna. I have a clear line of sight to the antenna on the water tower from my roof antenna as well, so I know that is helping. With no other interferences, it takes one heck of a storm to knock it out. I loose satellite well before I loose internet.

The one time I did loose service was when lightning struck a transformer near by. The whole neighborhood was without power. My routers are on a UPS and using my laptop, I can still surf when the power is out. I did this to have a way of checking weather. The service was still up for a while, but then dropped off before my UPS died. I am thinking his UPS died before mine did. It took a day for it to come back on after the power was restored.