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Brigrat

join:2003-09-01
Lovington, NM
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Re: Must you call it broadband?

Just out of curiosity, why do you think it is not broadband? it has the same throughput and bandwidth of DSL in many areas, albeit with higher latency?


DrModem
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Broadband in my book:

To be broadband, it must:

- Have data speeds comparable to DSL, Cable etc
- Have latency comparable to decent quality DSL, cable etc (on this, satellite fails)
- Have stability comparable to decent quality DSL, cable etc, which is in my experience with both around 95% uptime (on this, satellite fails: watch it die in fog, rain, snow, sleet, cloud cover, and when you accidentally bump the dish)
- Have stable speeds (on this, satellite fails except at 2am)
- Have priceing comparable to DSL, cable etc (on this, satellite fails: $700+ install anyone? Not to mention from what I've heard from alot of satellite users here, first install usally fails)
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