birdonawire
join:2002-02-16
Polk, OH
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
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Re: boonies too
Yeah, I remember that kind of system! Years back, we had the grey-dish phone-line-return system that uploaded via a dial-up modem connected to your ISP, and downloaded data over the dish. The satellite modem had a bad habit of overheating (that sucker really got hot), and when they came out with the new 2-way service the indoor equipment was pretty much two of the old-style modems, one stacked on top of the other, and since they were the same kind of modem that was long known to overheat, you'd now have two modems overheating unless you set a fan on top of the modem cases themselves to draw off some of the heat. Amazing how far things have come since then!
How is your T1 configured? Is it a PRI or a bundled T1 with an Internet port? I've priced them off-and-on through the years but always nearly fell over at the price (which was close to 3 times what you are paying for yours).  |
