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| What about satellite? Technically there is 100% coverage since anyone can get satellite internet.
Latency should be a factor in what broadband is along with speed.
Using latency (at least to the end of their network) would force companies to use better equipment and not oversell their networks. If they oversell their networks and average latency becomes terrible they should loose their broadband status.
Also then satellite service could not be marketed as broadband, but just a high speed connection because of its terrible latency.
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| said by r81984:Technically there is 100% coverage since anyone can get satellite internet. Not if there is a HOUSE or trees blocking a view of the satellite you cant. You MUST have a clear southwest view to get it.  |
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1 edit | The FCC is counting a whole zip code if just one person can get broadband in an area.
I do not know where you live but at least someone in a whole zip code should be able to get satellite.
Satellite is available everywhere.
Thats right trees can be cut, dishes can be placed on top of buildings, dishes can be placed on 50 foot poles or even ham radio towers. If you think you cannot get satellite somewhere then you are not trying hard enough.
I guess in the extreme case you would happen to live across of the north side of the sears tower you would not be able to use satellite as you might have a problem running your own coax to a dish outside of the buildings shadow.
Anyways if you live in a city you probably have the option of both DSL and cable internet so satellite internet would be a waste of money.
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said by hayabusa3303:said by r81984:Technically there is 100% coverage since anyone can get satellite internet. Not if there is a HOUSE or trees blocking a view of the satellite you cant. You MUST have a clear southwest view to get it. Don't worry. All you'd have to do is get a bunch of repeaters and a tower anywhere from 50 ft to 2-3 miles high.  |
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said by r81984:... Satellite is available everywhere. ... so what. satellite is not broadband. it's a very expensive, slightly better than dialup connection. |
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| You can consider Satellite a "broadband" connection when the providers make it to where downloading windows updates or other files over 250 meg in size dont make your connection stop working for 24 hours. (hughesnet)
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said by nasadude:said by r81984:... Satellite is available everywhere. ... so what. satellite is not broadband. it's a very expensive, slightly better than dialup connection. It meets the FCC's definition. 
So now your whole Zip Code has BroadBand.
j/k
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USA
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satellite does not count as broadband.
it is the dialup of the new age. |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303:Not if there is a HOUSE or trees blocking a view of the satellite you cant. You MUST have a clear southwest view to get it. One of these will solve that problem 
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| said by pnh102:said by hayabusa3303:Not if there is a HOUSE or trees blocking a view of the satellite you cant. You MUST have a clear southwest view to get it. One of these will solve that problem That would be good next door might be pissed tho...lmfao |
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said by DrModem:satellite does not count as broadband. it is the dialup of the new age. New features include a slightly increased download speed and extended ping times! |
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That would make a nice nick in the Redwoods up here, that's about it lol I don't think I'd want to cut one down just to get a signal though, too beautiful. |
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said by r81984:Satellite is available everywhere. Thats right trees can be cut, dishes can be placed on top of buildings, dishes can be placed on 50 foot poles or even ham radio towers. If you think you cannot get satellite somewhere then you are not trying hard enough. Ummmm, nope.
You can't cut down someone else's trees just so you can put up a dish. Ham radio towers are not cheap by any means and even not allowed in many neighborhoods with HOAs. Even a 50 foot pole would be useless unless done right (as in not moving with the wind.)
The map shown above discounts satellite for a reason. |
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| Ummmmmmmmmmm, Yeah.
"A 50 foot pool is useless, unless done right"
Then do it right, duh.
"Ham radio towers are not cheap"
If you want satellite internet bad enough then you will buy one.
I guess if you live in an area with a crapload of tall trees that shadow the southern sky from your roof, a Home Owners Association banning towers or poles on top of your house, no DSL, and no cable internet, and no local wifi then your just stuck with Dial-Up, ISDN, or a T1.
Isn't a T1 also available everywhere, so technically everyone can get either a T1 or Satellite connection, so we have 100% coverage?
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1 edit | said by r81984:Ummmmmmmmmmm, Yeah. "A 50 foot pool is useless, unless done right" Then do it right, duh. "Ham radio towers are not cheap" If you want satellite internet bad enough then you will buy one. First off, a 50 pool would never work unless you have a lot of guide wires holding it in place. Not a small footprint. A ham radio tower would start at about $2000 and that's if you can, again, mount those guide wires someplace.
Let's add to that a dish needs to be on a SOLID mount. That means NOT MOVING. It's like a vertical or beam antenna. Even a little sway will cause the connection to be bad.
said by r81984:Isn't a T1 also available everywhere, so technically everyone can get either a T1 or Satellite connection, so we have 100% coverage? Nope, wrong again. A T1 is not available in all locations. |
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r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
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Katy, TX
1 edit | Your contradictory statments are crazy.
If you have money and determination you can put a dish anywhere.
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1 edit | said by r81984:Your contradictory statments are crazy. If you have money and determination you can put a dish anywhere. Please, oh supposed wise one, how are they contradictory?
You can't put a dish anywhere. If you put up a tower or large pole, you have to make sure it that, if it falls, that it falls on your own property. Most ham towers are designed to twist and fold on themselves if they do come down. Add to that, the big foot print of those guy wires that you might have the room for.
Also, unlike DBS TV service, satellite internet is not protected under the FCC's OTA (Over The Air) rules so any HOA can ban them.
Try again. |
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said by r81984:Your contradictory statments are crazy. If you have money and determination you can put a dish anywhere. Your telling me if i had enough money i could put my 10 ft dish inside my house and it will work? Please |
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1 edit | Do you really think a dish would work inside a house??
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1 edit | If you have money and determination you can put a dish anywhere.
You said anywhere.
Need to READ what you say. |
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