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Availbility is not an issue

Okay buddy, and you beleive 200 one way is broadband, No its not, Most people Consider broadband 768k downp, 100k up, which shoudl be the FCCs definition of broadband. Sattelite is not even broadband, if you consider it broadband, you're a complete moron, Sattelite has pings worse then dial up and is barely able to reach 128k up, and thats if you wanna pay ALOT of money. As for T1s, THATS $1,000! You have a valid arguement, but availabality is a problem, well atleast affordable availabilty, thats worth the money.

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The biggest problems with satellite internet seem to be high hardware costs, low upload speeds, capacity issues (FAP), and reliability, all of which aren't really inherent technical limitations. As you pointed out, you can pay more to get a more respectable upload. I would really like to see the quality of DirecWay or one of its competitors improved to the point where it was more affordable, viable, reliable and had better performance for the broadband have-nots.

This discussion is touching on the need for broadband subsidies to areas where it isn't financially profitable for an independent business. Because of that, I think it's important that we pinpoint what are broadband necessities versus luxuries. I agree that dialup doesn't cut it, because it's just too slow to download needed security updates and anti-virus updates, educational videos and modern day media rich websites. Satellite works for all of those tasks. I've even used remote desktop through DirecWay and it was surprisingly usable.

About the only thing you can't do with satellite internet is play games and VOIP quality will be laggy. Browsing is definitely slower, but not unacceptably so. Most home users are primarily interested in VOIP for cost cutting reasons as this point, the land lines are still avaialble for use. Getting true landline or land-wireless-based services is preferable, but DirecWay does perform much better than dialup if you need access. You're calling people morons, but you haven't bothered to define why satellite can't be considered broadband. It can even meet your 768/100 requirement. A triple digit ping result by itself isn't an acceptable answer. I'm just not sure America needs to subsidize low-ping connectivity so Farmer John's kids can play Counterstrike, unless you can give me a more compellling reason why they need it.
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I just dont like the ping. All im asking for is 768k DSL package thats it. Sattelite is a decent service but not what I would call broadband. Ping times have alot to do with broadband. It just annoys me how these companies try to prevent munis, even in communities that they dont provide to, and the say it takes away from their customer base. Real good customer base, you dont even provide it to those people. The real reason I dont consider Sattelite broadban is because of its faults, high pings, low upload, outragous equipment setup prices. High monthly fees. And the farmer John comment, that was a little uncalled for, how about I call everyone in high developed areas, Welfare Jamal, or Yuppie Henry? If it weren't for government stepping in we wouldn't have telephones in some areas. You just dont understand, being stuck with dial up. Theres alot of thigns I wish I could, network PCs and share internet connection, Play on Xbox live, Be able to download things. I wanna be part of the broadband revolution, not stuck in supernarrowassband. You're right I dont need broadban theres more to life than broadband, some people wouldn't understand because their fat, live on their computer, pale as hell, and make fun of microsoft while reading their batman comic books. I just like the idea of Gaming on a decent connection. Since Im always the one in servers, beign booted, for bogging down the connection. Later yuppie-hanry.