I just heard somewhere that...
Friday, November 21, 2003 by EventHorizon | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #2 Friday, November 21, 2003 1:15 AM
Reply #3 Friday, November 21, 2003 1:18 AM
Maybe Al Gore will invent something.....
Reply #5 Friday, November 21, 2003 1:36 AM
| What about the ppl who cannot get DSL or cable |
Satellite service: maybe they will bring the price down.
Reply #6 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:06 AM
Heres an example of what you'd be paying for their service...
http://www.netinc.ca/satellite.htm
$80 a month for the service plus $250 for the dish and $90 and hour for them to install it... Its also slower than many ppls DSL connection...Our old one was 580kbps at less than half the monthly rate.
It will not be long before Broadband makes it out to the 'outback,' and in the time it does, I doubt the satelite service prices will have dropped much...if at all.
Reply #7 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:31 AM
Don't worry, EH. You can always come down off the mountain and upload your masterpieces at my house. I have RoadRunner.....
Reply #9 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:36 AM
...Cant wait when I apply for a job and my resume has the word "ppl" on it.
Reply #10 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:38 AM
Reply #11 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:39 AM
Ah the internet age.... water from a tank.. yet broadband...... hehe. You must get fine reception up there.
Reply #12 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:47 AM
Reply #13 Friday, November 21, 2003 2:51 AM
Reply #14 Friday, November 21, 2003 3:05 AM
| Ah the internet age.... water from a tank.. yet broadband...... hehe. You must get fine reception up there. |
Yup, I can easily get 3mbps on my downloads...Im also using their hideous mouse pad (albeit as an armrest) with that Roadrunner bird on it...
Reply #15 Friday, November 21, 2003 3:08 AM
Reply #17 Friday, November 21, 2003 3:17 AM
dono if it was a change of policy, administration, goals, dreams...
could even still be on.
Reply #18 Friday, November 21, 2003 10:33 AM
Someone needs to contact my phone company, and inform them of this deadline. I've talked to them about getting better service, and they have no plans to do anything other than keep patching the phones lines out here (with bubblegum and bailing wire). I'm too far away from the Central Office for DSL, and they have no plans to install the equipment for IDSL (no distance limit). The only plans they have is to continue taking my money.
We have no cable service out here. It's not cost effective to run cable lines out to rural areas.
Satellite cost too dang much, and from what I hear isn't great anyway.
I guess by 2006, I won't have access to the internet. Either my dialup will be done away with, or the phone lines out here will be in such bad condition that connecting won't be possible anyway.......
Reply #19 Friday, November 21, 2003 10:49 AM
LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Sat system is supposed to be used eventually for more than global positioning. A few years ago I went to this convention where they explained it would eventually be used for public access to the intenet from phone booths, table top touch screen displays, homes, and so on...
Though I wouldn't hold my breath...
Reply #20 Friday, November 21, 2003 11:19 AM
Satellite connections are much different that they used to be. They are quite fast (not as fast as most cable, but faster than DSL). They are also not *that* expensive. It costs $69 a month for mine. Yes, you have to buy a modem, but you have to buy a modem for other broadband, too. Considering that my only other alternative is dial up through AOL or MSN (only ones with local dial-up) and they cost about $30 a month for as much time as I use, I can't live without Satellite.
However, mother nature plays a huge part in satellite. Not only locally, but wherever your processing hub is. So, there are drawbacks. that said, it is still more reliable than the dial-up that I had, and it is always on and doesn't tie up my phone line. (Ever try and use phone support for dial-up?)
I would gladly use DSL or Broadband if it were available. We are about 7200 feet from either of the two, unfortunately.
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Reply #1 Friday, November 21, 2003 1:13 AM
J/K