Re: directPC vs Starband (slightly off topic)
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 03:12:40PM -0400, David Teague wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, dave mallery wrote:
> <snip>
> > hi
> >
> > i will be forced to go to one of the satellite providers shortly.
>
> Dave
>
> What satellite provider did you go with?
> I hope your experience was good.
>
i got a repreive - the isp can't get the phone company (century) to
upgrade a microwave link to fiber, so they still have to use my humble
services (POP w 20 dial-in lines serving this community connected via
two 56k lines cisco to cisco)
meanwhile, i believe directTV bought dish (or vice versa) so there will
only be one choice.
there is one fact i have picked up: in order to get the advertised
bandwidth, you must run their compression program on a windoze box
between the modem and your network. if you just connect (or hack the
box) you will get terrible performance. and don't plan on hosting much
of a website.
> Would anyone using a satellite ISP please
> relate how you did and which one you used?
>
> I'm going to have to do this my self. I
> have tried several local ISPs here in the
> boondocks of Western NC (50 miles from
> Asheville (60,000), 30 from Waynesville
> (20,000) and 5 miles from cable and ADSL.
> At $1/foot I can almost launch my own
> satellite cheaper. ADSL? don't ask. The
> phone companies won't talk to me.
i am 60 miles from the nearest dsl and the local phone company is 60
light years from reality.
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