anyone have satelite internet, its a high speed interenet for those who can not get dsl/cable (me), only thing it is really expensive. anyone know of the cheapest place to get it?
Tue Jun 10, 2003 7:36 pm
Jim Staff Member
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i hear it sux....sorry don't know much on it, what is the sat company that you are considering buying it from?
i think aol offers it, my local internet company has it...i heard it blows to.. the download is fast like cable but the upload is TERRIBLE.. its like isdn but worse ;o but if u can't get cable/dsl, i dunno, the only problem is u have to be able to get the sat. signal from your house(they have to come up and test it) then u get it hocked up if you get a signal..then u have to deal with weather.don;t think yu'll be playing in a blizzard, hail storm or bad thunder storm or a really cloudy day =/ maybe somehow they fixed this all *shurgs* but its the same thing wish Dish TV same weather problems.
Joined: May 14, 2003
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when i asked about satalite internet i was told to wait for wifi which is the same but way faster and way cheaper.
than Comcast got cable up by my dads house so i had no need for satalite ^.^
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Tue Jun 10, 2003 8:43 pm
Jay Staff Member
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my like friends friend has it and i heard it can lag more than dial up depending on the conditions...i dont know about the speeds or anything, but like if its cloudy ts really whack
sattilte is iffy.. It's jsut like sattilite TV.. If it's cloudy you could loose signal.. And the strenght of your signal depends on alignment etc etc etc so if you mess up where you have it it takes forever to set it up again.
I'd imagine up would be a little slowon the upload, since you're home computer/sattilite are way smaller and less powerful than what the companies use to send you the signal
My g/f's dad is going to get a sattilite Laptop, if i hear anything about it i'll let you know.
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or a really cloudy day =/ maybe somehow they fixed this all *shurgs* but its the same thing wish Dish TV same weather problems.
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