Another option is satellite
There is a $600 equipment and installation cost to get up and running, then I am paying $59 a month for internet with Direcway. I had to go to satellite, because I live in a remote area, far from cable and dsl.
It is not fluid for browsing, because there is a delay when you click on a link or hit enter. That is because the signal goes from your antenna to the satellite to the ISP server. The result is a 2 or 3 second delay before things start to happen. The uplink is usually less than 56K. The downlink however, can be truely exciting. I just ran a speed check at quake.iland.com and got a result of 1953 kbps/sec down. Large downloads, that used to take a couple of hours with dial-up, now take three or four minutes.
Don't get me wrong. I would not recommend this to anyone that has cable or dsl available.
Re: Another option is satellite
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Originally posted by efc
It is not fluid for browsing, because there is a delay when you click on a link or hit enter. That is because the signal goes from your antenna to the satellite to the ISP server. The result is a 2 or 3 second delay before things start to happen. The uplink is usually less than 56K. The downlink however, can be truely exciting. I just ran a speed check at quake.iland.com and got a result of 1953 kbps/sec down. Large downloads, that used to take a couple of hours with dial-up, now take three or four minutes.
i always thought the digital satellite boxes could not transmit
only recieve
you had to have your phoneline connected to the sat reciever and when you surfed the net it was dialup for the uploades and the satellite for the great d/l speeds
thanks
i would be happy for the d/las i never upload much and url info is a small amount of info