Atlink

[tfvc.org]

Anyone here use Atlink? I am ready to drop Windstream like a hot potato if possible and wanting to know if anyone uses their service and what speeds they offer. The website is very vague, has prices but no speeds. Thanks.

[Jeepnokc]

We use Atlink at home. Don't remember the speeds they have have different speed levels and we are at the top one. Works pretty decent most of the time. I don't really download or stream anything at home so I don't notice any difference between Atlink and the Cox at work.

[Zuplar]

I use it as it's the only thing available for me besides satellite. The speed I have is 3mb and costs $46.95 a month. Of course like you said now their website is very vague, a lot of that has to do with their recent overhaul. When starting out I'll be honest, I had a lot of issues. At that time, this is 2 and a half years ago FWIW, the company was expanding fairly rapidly and the technicians were very inexperienced. I had to have it installed and tweaked 3 times over a year before it started working consistently. Since then I haven't had any issues up until about 3 months ago when they started upgrading all their towers and I started having terrible upload speeds. I called and had someone come out and they switched my signal to a different tower that could handle more bandwith and it's been the best its ever been. The pings are low and the speeds are almost always on the dot, and with the 3mb I can stream netflix, hulu+, amazon prime, etc consistently and without interruption.

Remember AtLink is a WiFi provider meaning they have huge 'hotspots' that send a signal to a little antenna on your house. This is how they are able to provide it in the 'rural' parts of OKC and suburban OKC. Because of this there is never going to be super fast 15mb speed, not anytime soon anyways, but the speeds you do get are consistent and quality (low ping). Those 2 things honestly make a big difference. I had U-Verse when I live in "town" and the ping was sometimes high and even at 15mb would have issues buffering netflix.

The reason I went with AtLink over HughesNet or Exede is bandwith caps. AtLink is essentially unlimited and with the streaming we do at times, it's nice piece of mind. Hope this was somewhat helpful.

[tfvc.org]

Thanks! Good info!

[bombermwc]

It's not a problem for everyone, but at my last job we had some employees that tried to work from home with satellite, and eventually we had to say that it was not an option. If you look closely at the contracts, the satellite providers do not support the remote desktop protocol. We used that through our terminal server farm for remote employees to log into our servers. They might work great, and then all of a sudden stop working (unable to connect or stay connected). Their support folks would just say, "if you're able to remove the latency, then it will work". It was their way of saying that they weren't going to help. So @Link was one of the providers we generally recommended as an alternative, where it was available. For some it was a lifesaver. For some, especially 5-6 years ago when @Link was newer, they had a lot of support problems. The company has matured significantly over the last year or two and we noticed a considerable drop-off in our @link users that called in for support problems with us (which meant us telling them to call @Link since it was an ISP issue).

And the best thing is, when the dog coughs, your internet doesn't go out. LOL.