 johndeere
join:2006-03-08
Dwight, IL | Automotive wax on dish? Winter is aproaching and this will be my first snow season with my system.I was wondering if waxing the dish would help keep the snow from sticking?Also protect it from fading in the weather. | |
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lostnthwoods
join:2001-12-03
Arcadia, OK | Re: Automotive wax on dish? I read in the forum that Rain-X helps, but I haven't tried that yet so I can't say from personal experience. | |
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Arion
join:2006-07-09
Marquette, MI
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
| I applied the Rain-X and it is helping to shed snow. Mine is on the roof so I bought a 12' telescoping paint roller pole and a brush that screws on the pole to use for getting the snow off the dish. Beats the heck out of a ladder.
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DW6000 IA-8 1350 Router: 67.142.137.152 /.74 1 watt / Residential / Amd 2000+ / WinXP Pro - SP2/ Firefox 2.0 | |
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FKKD
@direcpc.com
| Hughes Satellite 1. Of the B/B ISPs in area (aDSL:Frontier, Cable:RoadRunner, Satellite:DirecPC, Hughes) --
Hughes is the most expensive, though slight fluctuations with specials for DirecPC and Hughes.
2. Best (but limited) DL is 350 Kbs; this is NOT sustainable. Typical is 60-70 Kbps.
3. I am unable to utilize DSL or Cable as their delivery area falls 2-miles short of my residence!!!So I am locked into the $atellite trip.
4. Latency can destroy some connectivity (eg, I cannot access my business network because latency is too high)
5. I can surf and send eMails fine....
6. Except when the new profit-tool from Hughes kicks in: Called "Fair Access Policy", it is a mechanism to keep usage minimal (surf and email) by penalizing significant usage( download large files...100-300 Mb, DL video, etc). FAP means your BW automatically, without warning, gets cut to effectively 0 (they turn off your connectivity) for 24-hours.
7. This does not affect duffers and little old ladies who do not use the internet seriously, but just for program and patch downloads, this is serious constraint of business.... | |
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Shrle
join:2009-01-05
| FAP Problems We have 2 computers hooked up via a router. It's wired because that is the only way we knew to do it.
We surf. We do NOT watch movies, download movies or music and we are not gamers.
Being over limit on bandwidth is a chronic problem and nobody understands why. We have upgraded from the 400 to the 6000 to the 7000s and now have the 9000. I pay extra money for having the small business account in order to have more bandwidth. There is no business but this looked like a possible solution but here I sit with over limit FAP. We have been fighting this problem for years.
I have extra modems and was wondering if 2 modems can be hooked to the same dish and eliminate the need for a router. Having a network is of no benefit and I have long thought this might be the source of our problem although we live in a rural area. Having two computers working independently seems more secure and easier to monitor. We are just a couple of senior citizens who get our learnin' from AARP. It doesn't cover this but I'll bet someone knows the answer. We pay $70 a month and are on the verge of giving up this daily fight for an internet connection. Suggestions would be appreciated. | |
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SterlingJ85
Obama 2008
join:2000-11-19
Millville, NJ
 ·PHONE POWER
1 edit | Re: FAP Problems If you have cellular phone service where you are, contact the providers that you get signal with at your location.
Almost all cellular companies now offer data cards, and more rural providers are still offering service with no cap on bandwidth (larger carriers - Sprint, AT&T, Verizon all have a 5 GB monthly cap).. but service is also only $60 a month, so you could probably get 2 cards for each of your computers!  | |
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join:2009-01-05
| Re: FAP Problems Sterling, I definitely want to talk to you but have to be away for a few hours. You couldn't possible write the answers to all of my questions so can you email me at
shrlelwry@yahoo.com
Your email may be here but I'm not sure what I am doing.
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join:2009-01-05
| Re: FAP Problems I checked AT&T while I was out. It has a cap and is $60 a month per card with a 2 year contract.
I had no idea this service existed until you told me so now I have options to check. I have no idea what other carriers are available in this area of TX. | |
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