suwannee24 Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Does anyone have satellite internet sevice? If so hows does it compare to cableand what is the cost compared to cable.suwannee24 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hi suwannee24,I moved your post because I thought this was a better place for it.B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 satelite can get interfered at bad weather. cable costs about 25-40 dollars and satelite costs well, I looked and look at starbandhope this helps,danny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suwannee24 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 satelite can get interfered at bad weather. cable costs about 25-40 dollars and satelite costs well, I looked and look at starbandhope this helps,danny Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charteris sevice they closed our office when I need support it takes 3 to 7 days.before I get any help and they are very rude.suwannee24 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charteris sevice they closed our office when I need support it takes 3 to 7 days.Ah, so it isn't just us then. Charter seems to be trying to slowly consolidate all of their offices into one big office located precisely in the middle of nowhere, ensuring that no customers will ever receive reasonable service.As for satellite, the one insurmountable technical issue is the speed of light. Latency is pretty bad and won't get any better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CurlingSteve Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 While cost and burst speed are about the same for satellite and cable, cable is much better.Satellite installation usually costs quite a bit more than cable installation.And satellite has an unavoidable half second delay minimum between the time you request a page any information get's back (due to transmission time up to the satellite and back down).Interactive gaming especially will suffer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suwannee24 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charteris sevice they closed our office when I need support it takes 3 to 7 days.Ah, so it isn't just us then. Charter seems to be trying to slowly consolidate all of their offices into one big office located precisely in the middle of nowhere, ensuring that no customers will ever receive reasonable service.As for satellite, the one insurmountable technical issue is the speed of light. Latency is pretty bad and won't get any better. I stay with charter for the internet I would have to go back to dial up.but what made mad today was I have cable box remote to go bad so Icalled the 800 number they told me it would be sept.15 before they couldbring me one.so if I can get anything better than dialup and will tell charterby by.suwannee24 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Have you checked with your phone company to see if they offer anything?Here are a couple of links to check out by entering your zip code in to see if anything available.Cnet reviewsDSL ReportsEpinions - IspsSo maybe one of those will find something for you.God bless everyone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suwannee24 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Have you checked with your phone company to see if they offer anything?Here are a couple of links to check out by entering your zip code in to see if anything available.Cnet reviewsDSL ReportsEpinions - IspsSo maybe one of those will find something for you.God bless everyone Yes, alltel has dsl with phone companybut live one mile outside the city andthey have no plans to come on out here.suwannee24 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marsh_0x Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hi suwannee24I went with Direcway only because of having no other optionWell other than selling my home and move 10 miles to get DSLOnly 6 miles to catch cable interentNever happen would I give up my country lifeI bought DirecWay for $600 plus tax programI Pay $63 with tax per month and worth it ,, never again would I go back to dial-upHard to miss something that I never had beforeI'm a certified for StarBand installer and my partner ,, no way is this grief worth itThings may have changed the past 5 yearsI believe StarBand is still using Telsar 7 on the KU side and .....enough said,,and please don't let anyone to be influenced with my "opinion only"It's called rain fade as with DBS as in DishNetwork and Direct TV and DirecWay around 15 Gig freq. but the lost signal due to heavy rain has lasted 12 minutes max with my experience thru 7 years with DBSBeen retired for 1 year now 55y/0 and have nothing to gain,,business wiseOnly my experience to help when....been there--done that OK OKMarsh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suwannee24 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hi suwannee24I went with Direcway only because of having no other optionWell other than selling my home and move 10 miles to get DSLOnly 6 miles to catch cable interentNever happen would I give up my country lifeI bought DirecWay for $600 plus tax programI Pay $63 with tax per month and worth it ,, never again would I go back to dial-upHard to miss something that I never had beforeI'm a certified for StarBand installer and my partner ,, no way is this grief worth itThings may have changed the past 5 yearsI believe StarBand is still using Telsar 7 on the KU side and .....enough said,,and please don't let anyone to be influenced with my "opinion only"It's called rain fade as with DBS as in DishNetwork and Direct TV and DirecWay around 15 Gig freq. but the lost signal due to heavy rain has lasted 12 minutes max with my experience thru 7 years with DBSBeen retired for 1 year now 55y/0 and have nothing to gain,,business wiseOnly my experience to help when....been there--done that OK OKMarsh Thanks Marsh I'm looking charter pipeline is great until you have problemsthey closed our office now you have call a 800 number and then it takes from 3 days to 14 days for sevice.suwannee24 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chinawht Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I know nothing about Satellite Internet. I'm very appreciative to get a personal opinion from someone on how it is working out for them. I've thought about it for a while but knew absolutely nobody that had any experience with using satellite. I also wondered if the weather would have any effect on its operating status. I'm really glad you shared your viewpoint with us marsh. A big thanks to everyone who offered information! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X-Cannon Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 How fast does the Satellite go I know that my cable goes about 600 kb/s when its a good day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 bandwidthplace.comSpeed TestCommunications 1.1 megabits per secondStorage 139.6 kilobytes per second1MB file download 7.3 secondsInfoDate & time Friday, September 10, 11:58PM CSTTest type IDT4 FreeConnection type SatelliteRegion LouisianaData size 605KB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BitBangerUSA Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 ' How fast does the Satellite go'?geosynchronous? - about 5,760 mph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 ' How fast does the Satellite go'?geosynchronous? - about 5,760 mph mega pages/hour?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 ' How fast does the Satellite go'?geosynchronous? - about 5,760 mphmega pages/hour?? ObShadowrun:Megapulses per hour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maxdog4 Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 ' ..................the Satellite go'?geosynchronous? - about 5,760 mph Whew! ....MPG? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 That would probably be gpm, gallons per mileJD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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