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satelite can get interfered at bad weather. cable costs about 25-40 dollars and satelite costs well, I looked and look at starband

hope this helps,

danny

Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charter

is 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 :(

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Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charter

is 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.

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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.

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Thanks Danny I have charter 3meg for 42.95 a month the problem with charter

is 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 I

called the 800 number they told me it would be sept.15 before they could

bring me one.so if I can get anything better than dialup and will tell charter

by by.

suwannee24 :(

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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 reviews

DSL Reports

Epinions - Isps

So 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 and

they have no plans to come on out here.

suwannee24

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Hi suwannee24

I went with Direcway only because of having no other option

Well other than selling my home and move 10 miles to get DSL

Only 6 miles to catch cable interent

Never happen would I give up my country life

I bought DirecWay for $600 plus tax program

I Pay $63 with tax per month and worth it ,, never again would I go back to dial-up

Hard to miss something that I never had before

I'm a certified for StarBand installer and my partner ,, no way is this grief worth it

Things may have changed the past 5 years

I 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 DBS

Been retired for 1 year now 55y/0 and have nothing to gain,,business wise

Only my experience to help when....been there--done that OK OK

Marsh

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Hi suwannee24

I went with Direcway only because of having no other option

Well other than selling my home and move 10 miles to get DSL

Only 6 miles to catch cable interent

Never happen would I give up my country life

I bought DirecWay for $600 plus tax program

I Pay $63 with tax per month and worth it ,, never again would I go back to dial-up

Hard to miss something that I never had before

I'm a certified for StarBand installer and my partner ,, no way is this grief worth it

Things may have changed the past 5 years

I 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 DBS

Been retired for 1 year now 55y/0 and have nothing to gain,,business wise

Only my experience to help when....been there--done that OK OK

Marsh

Thanks Marsh I'm looking charter pipeline is great until you have problems

they closed our office now you have call a 800 number and then it takes from 3 days to 14 days for sevice.

suwannee24

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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!

:D

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