| Windows Updates A guy I know who is stuck with satellite just ran into the FAP limitations. Guess what he was trying to do? Yup download Windows updates. You can't even download a Service Pack without running into issues with the FAP. He called to complain, and all they had to say was too bad, if you want to download Windows Updates, you have to do it between the hours of 3AM and 6AM when the FAP is temporarily suspended. You get that excellent service for a rock bottom price of $80 per month!! |
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| Two words: Automatic Updates, set to 3 a.m. everyday.
Oh right, it's easier to complain. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to GMFreak8
Last time I looked that is a good amount cheaper than ISDN - when I had it for work it was over $150/month. There are trade-offs that people have to work with and decide what is best for their usage. |
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| ISDN isn't available everywhere either. It has never and probably will never be available here. |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | True as I would bet the equipment is being removed from CO's in favor of DSL or nothing. It is at least possibly more available than DSL with a lot less issues with distance that DSL has. |
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| reply to GMFreak8
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A guy I know who is stuck with satellite just ran into the FAP limitations. Guess what he was trying to do? Yup download Windows updates. You can't even download a Service Pack without running into issues with the FAP.
On wildblue I've downloaded every single Windows XP and Vista update in the last 2 1/2 years running 3 computers on the same wildblue connection and I'm only at 1/2 of my FAP and have never had an issue. This includes bringing a new vista box online last month and running all the updates since vista was released and also listening to an hour of streaming music a day and buying a couple albums on itunes. I realize wildblue and hughes work differently (a rolling total so low days even out with high days vs. the fap free window and daily reset) and I realize having limitations is more of a pain than having no limitations (fap) but every time I try and use dialup I am thankful it's not my only option.
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Wildblue in Lake Michigan | Color Printing Forum
Unhappy with noticeably slower secure sites, higher latency due to 11/17/06 firmware changes |
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It is at least possibly more available than DSL with a lot less issues with distance that DSL has.
Very true - I think we are the exception not the rule in not ever having ISDN available here, but I also think there are probably lots of other little town exceptions too. I'd take ISDN in addition to satellite if it were available here and set my router as a proxy in a browser so I could download and stream music over satellite at 1500 kbps but do email, ssh, etc. over ISDN.
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Wildblue in Lake Michigan | Color Printing Forum
Unhappy with noticeably slower secure sites, higher latency due to 11/17/06 firmware changes |
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