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Also, if one of the ISS astronauts is busted for NASA's internet use policy (like no p0rn sites), I would hate to be the first astronaut to be immediately shown the door while still up there. | |
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1 edit | Re: Do they now get VOIP? said by burgerwars:If they're also subscribing to a service like Vonage, I'll give them a call. Anyone know their phone number? 1-800-HAL-9000  | |
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|  baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
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Sterling Heights, MI | Re: Great, now no work gets done. ;) can we get some speedtests from them? | |
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| | | wonder if they will download music and have the riaa after them too. | |
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| |  KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK | Re: Great, now no work gets done. ;) Can't. They need the bandwidth to play WoW. | |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | Minnesota....the final frontier! I guess that is the updated phrase. | |
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| | I wonder... since all the internet data gets filtered if they'll get caught surfing for pr0n and where you go for a little "alone time". | |
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San Antonio, TX | FAP? Hope they stay under that FAP | |
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Reading, PA | Monthly Cap? Whats the monthly download cap and will NASA use parental controls to keep them from watching porn?  | |
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| | I wonder what their T&C's look like I'll bet the terrestrial ISP leg caps & throttles worse than the satellite link. | |
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| | no file sharing now no file sharing or the RIAA will have NASA disconnect your internet service and sue you.. | |
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|  N3OGHCertified GLG-20Premium
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kudos:1 | Re: no file sharing Just how do you send a disconnect letter to the ISS?  | |
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| | | | Re: no file sharing hey how about we all remove the mail boxes and such
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cant deliver it SCREW YOU | |
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| | | | said by N3OGH:Just how do you send a disconnect letter to the ISS? They send a mail man in the next shuttle to go there | |
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| | | | | Re: no file sharing LOL
I'd like to see that | |
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| |  Bink63Tweet THISPremium
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| said by N3OGH:Just how do you send a disconnect letter to the ISS? Air Mail! | |
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| | | or better yet with some of the stuff RIAA gets away with will just have NASA terminate him from the Space Program and bring him home and the mail main will be there waiting with his Certified Letter at that tar mate | |
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| | | said by SteveLV702:now no file sharing or the RIAA will have NASA disconnect your internet service and sue you.. They can get new movies uploaded to the on board sever and other tv shows and NASA does that for them | |
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| | | | Re: no file sharing said by Joe12345678:said by SteveLV702:now no file sharing or the RIAA will have NASA disconnect your internet service and sue you.. They can get new movies uploaded to the on board sever and other tv shows and NASA does that for them Yes I was being sarcastic | |
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Minneapolis, MN
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1 edit | You know what's 20 miles east of St Cloud? All kinds of farmland where you can put a plane down in an emergency.
said by Karl Bode:Now that we've conquered delivering broadband to space, perhaps we can get to work on delivering broadband to places like Minnesota? In the metro area you have Qwest DSL or Centurylink DSL (depending on your location), Comcast HSI, Nextera fixed wireless, and muni wifi run by USInternet.
You can get broadband in rural MN the same way they got broadband in space; point a dish at a satellite. | |
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| Duramax08A Challenger AppearsPremium
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San Antonio, TX | Re: You know what's 20 miles east of St Cloud? I would rather have dialup then satellite TBH. | |
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| It's access to a PC which has access to the internet From what I have read, this is not a connection to the internet. They have a VNC type of connection to view/control a PC in Houston, and that PC is connected to the internet.
Not sure how bad latency is when doing such work. Also, they do not have TDRS coverage 7/24, so there are periods where they don't have "live" access to that PC. | |
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| | | Re: It's access to a PC which has access to the internet according to NASA that is how it is set up.
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| | | So it's a remote desktop. That's no fun. There goes my idea of calling them on VOIP. | |
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1 edit | Re: It's access to a PC which has access to the internet You can call them on ham radio. I've spoken to the ISS a couple of times and they also set up scheduled contacts (skeds) with schools. | |
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kudos:1 | Too bad. If they had true Internet access from the ISS, they could have tested the feasibility of using P2P software to transfer huge amounts of research data quickly and reliably.
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|  mlernerPremium
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kudos:5 | I hope it's not the VNC. Many others work so much better in a poor bandwidth siltation. I thought they had actual laptops or something though. | |
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|  ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
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kudos:4 | said by jfmezei:From what I have read, this is not a connection to the internet. They have a VNC type of connection to view/control a PC in Houston, and that PC is connected to the internet. Not sure how bad latency is when doing such work. Also, they do not have TDRS coverage 7/24, so there are periods where they don't have "live" access to that PC. Yes, this isn't really Broadband to the ISS. The PC at NASA has broadband, but the ISS has a data link to that PC that the story doesn't tell us what the real speed is.
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Seattle, WA | The International Space Station Gets A Virus!
That will be next weeks headline. | |
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| | | Re: The International Space Station Gets A Virus! After that, ISS gets netFlix! | |
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join:2000-12-09
Willoughby, OH Reviews:
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Hey AT&T U-verse lookie this It stops 3 houses away from my home...
Right now I am not sure who is worse.. AT&T or T/W and their constant rebooting of the Set top boxes saying they have a problem with the DVR's ---- Drat I told I do not have a DVR so why am I getting rebooted.. Cause they can. They want to share the outage evenly | |
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| | Use must be livin in the N woods... even Little House on the Prairie has broadband now. | |
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Willoughby, OH | Re: Use must be livin in the N woods... Nope 17 mile east of Cleveland in a big city. I can even see Lake Erie... | |
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| | | | Re: Use must be livin in the N woods... i can see the lake too.. but i'm not 17 miles from it.
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Willoughby, OH | Re: Use must be livin in the N woods... East not South about 2 miles south | |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | Ummmmm... MN... Really? Karl.. you smoking bong water again or something???
Um... MN actually has pretty damn good coverage compared to MANY places out there.. so, um, yea.. .Why you bringing up MN? How about CT,.. NH.... and others in the NE?
Comcast has HSI service in areas that you wouldn't even think people lived... 20 miles out of town, down unpaved dirt roads, there's peds in the middle of fields.. Qwest is pretty good.. there are microwave services here.. some Fiber farms... and yea.. in many rural areas.. | |
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| | fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | Re: Ummmmm... MN... Really? Um.. .Qwest is pretty good with coverage.. especially in MN.. when they wanted to get into LD service, they had to dramatically improve their reach with DSL before they could.. and they did.
And while some people do have issues with DSL service, I won't deny that, Qwest, of all the DSL providers out there, still comes out ahead over many others.
If you notice, the Qwest forum here is pretty quiet.. not many issues... not to mention, Qwest, ala US West, was the first major player in the DSL business.. they didn't mess around with their product like SW Bell, Verizon, SBC, Pacific Bell, etc. did. They supported their product as if it were a real network line, unlike the others who put many restrictions, port blocks, etc on the service.. if you needed something, they gave it to you.. their service, in my opinion, and experience with my customers and locations that I have it, Qwest has been one of the most, if not THE most, reliable connection.. I mean, 7 years with out any down time and rock solid connections/speeds is pretty damn good.
As far as them pushing out more services and in more areas.. yea, they lack.. but again, the very service that I'm boasting about was also their down fall.. US West put all their eggs in DSL back in the 90's and nothing into wireless.. becuase of that, they are suffering today.
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| Re: Ummmmm... MN... Really? said by fiberguy:As far as them pushing out more services and in more areas.. yea, they lack. I will agree, I have some friends with qwest and they all love the connection reliability. But they all hate the speeds qwest is offering. I do know that you can't build a CO everywhere, but I live in a high-population suburb of St.Paul, there's a million places qwest could put a CO to compete in our area with comcast. But they don't!
The place they build the CO is right where all the restaurants and schools are. The closest homes to the CO they built is only qualified for 1.5meg. The restaurants use them for their free wifi, but all the schools around use another isp (TIES if anybody knows of them).
So now comcast just has a free-ride in my neighborhood. They do a good job with that, but if qwest came in and competed with them, they could do better. And qwest has a ton of open land being sold to development to bring in a CO to come here, but they don't.
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| | Common... Get rid of the RDP and run some nice fiber to the station via a space tether(elevator). | |
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| | | Re: Common... said by cpsycho:Get rid of the RDP and run some nice fiber to the station via a space tether(elevator). Would be nice except that the ISS is not in geostationary orbit. | |
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| | | | Re: Common... said by fifty nine:said by cpsycho:Get rid of the RDP and run some nice fiber to the station via a space tether(elevator). Would be nice except that the ISS is not in geostationary orbit. Heh, could be tethered to a ground station on wheels, running along through fields, oceans and hitting an occasional mountain as the station orbits ahead, while the ground station uses cellular service to connect to the fixed towers. | |
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NYC Metro | Re: Common... said by WernerSchutz:said by fifty nine:said by cpsycho:Get rid of the RDP and run some nice fiber to the station via a space tether(elevator). Would be nice except that the ISS is not in geostationary orbit. Heh, could be tethered to a ground station on wheels, running along through fields, oceans and hitting an occasional mountain as the station orbits ahead, while the ground station uses cellular service to connect to the fixed towers. Guys,
We have a visionary engineer here!
Stand back!
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kudos:1 |  Do they have a webcam?
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Then again other sites could file a lawsuit claiming they have a monopoly on the market. | |
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Brooklyn, NY | *=T only a matter of time till the ISS get's hacked now. great. | |
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