William5Premium
join:2007-09-22
Washougal, WA | Rural areas satellite is the way to go Dialup is a worthless 26.4 K here, here is a typical test result from the select pak, as for high latancy, who the hell cares.
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Got SKY: select pak, beam 101, Seattle gateway, linksys WRT54G router, 2 PC's running XP Pro. |
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who the hell cares.
Anyone who wants to use encrypted secure protocols, who wants to or has to work remotely or with interactive web applications, gamers, etc. But it's definitely better than dialup.
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Very happy TDS DSL user | Wildblue in Lake Michigan |
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William5Premium
join:2007-09-22
Washougal, WA | My point was people who never used satellite try it after you used dialup for a while, I used DirecPC then Direcway long before the newest name change, they all suck, but what can a person do when all you have is either dialup or satellite choose from, I live 10 miles east of the nearest town that has real broadband (DSL/Cable/WISP), and its not easy just to move, same WISP is available out here but never happen at my immediate location. |
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| Definitely agree with you there. When I first got 2-way satellite in 2001 after having only dialup here for a year after coming from an urban area with cable, satellite was like having a lifeline to the world again. There's so much that you simply can't do with dialup or that is just excruciatingly slow to accomplish (yes, you could say the same thing about low latency broadband vs. satellite, but satellite definitely expands upon what you can do on dialup by a good margin.)
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Very happy TDS DSL user | Wildblue in Lake Michigan |
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