1 posted on
05/28/2005 11:58:37 PM PDT by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Download speed will dwarf dialup but upload speed will still suck.
2 posted on
05/29/2005 12:03:14 AM PDT by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
To: farmfriend
Way Out There On The Farm PING
To: HAL9000
I had satelite internet for about 2 years. After I got cable, I'll never go back.
(One that the Wife got right -SHE turned me on to cable)
4 posted on
05/29/2005 12:14:30 AM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: HAL9000
EchoStar Communications, the Douglas County satellite-TV provider, is testing Internet services ....WildBlue promotes itself as the only company founded specifically for satellite Internet.Being as I helped engineer the Starband sat service in 2000, and it was 50 percent owned by Echostar, I'd have to say this is one monumentally sloppy reporter.
6 posted on
05/29/2005 12:29:06 AM PDT by
angkor
To: HAL9000
http://www.wildblue.com/ I'm checking it out right now. I may be in the market for this or DirecTV's similar service soon.
To: HAL9000
...with two teenage sons...The poor kids will be ganked before they even log in.
"Mom can we get dialup back?"
To: HAL9000
The article should have mentioned the horrible latency associated with satellite. This is no replacement for broadband.
11 posted on
05/29/2005 1:11:11 AM PDT by
Melas
To: HAL9000
I'm puzzled about their claim...I've had Direcway for years...because I lived in Rural Oklahoma and paid a fortune in long distance calling...nor was I the only one in our small town that had it installed...(although now we can get DSL also)
So what is so "new" about satellite internets in the USA?
18 posted on
05/29/2005 1:40:27 AM PDT by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
To: HAL9000
Direcway has been around for years.
33 posted on
05/29/2005 4:45:58 AM PDT by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: HAL9000; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; AMDG&BVMH; amom; ...
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41 posted on
05/29/2005 8:08:50 AM PDT by
farmfriend
(Down with the sickness -Disturbed)
To: HAL9000
Wake me up when these high-speed "services" get down to $15 per month. Otherwise, I'll stick with dial-up.
43 posted on
05/29/2005 8:22:40 AM PDT by
who knows what evil?
(New England...the Sodom and Gomorrah of the 21st Century, and proud of it!)
To: HAL9000
The problem I see with DirectPC, is it has to have a phone line.
A guy I work with lives so far out in the sticks he doesn't have a phone line, more than a 1/4 mile from the closest connections.
It was going to cost $2500 to install the line so he uses a cellphone to make calls, and even that has a hard time getting out.
He has DirectPC, but when it loses the signal he has to load the PC, and the Sat modem up and go to town to reinstall the keys. Major pain in the butt!!!
He may be interested in this.
50 posted on
05/29/2005 6:04:35 PM PDT by
amigatec
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