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Topic: New Satellite Internet User - Midwest US (Read 399 times) |
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jackdold
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New User - Midwest US
« on: 20. Jun 2004 at 19:37 » |
I'm interested in obtaining satellite service since I believe
it will be a new century before Sprint makes broadband available
where I live.
Among the several services, do any systems give high-speed
two-way service? I upload for websites and internet auctions and
one way service won't help a lot.
Thanks, Jack |
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AndreFinlinson
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Re: New Satellite Internet User - Midwest US
« Reply #1 on: 22. Jun 2004 at 17:41 » |
DirecWay from HNS is a viable
satellite internet
provider for basically anywhere in the continental US. The
terminal is fairly low cost, around $700, plus MRC of between
$70 and $120. The download speed is decent, with file transfer
abilities of up to 2Mbps. The problem is the upload... if you
do a lot of uploading you will be dissatisfied. With my
DirecWay I can upload max of 2 KB /sec. You can pick
up DirecWay from many resellers including Radio Shack.
LBiSat (the company I've been with for 10 years) offers ISP
backbone services over satellite, currently deployed in Alaska
and several rural areas around the mountain west.
Our terminals can be sized from 64Kbps/64Kbps up to 10Mbps/4Mbps
(down/up). They are much more robust than DirecWay, supporting
VPNs, VOIP, and H.323 video conferencing but we aren't in the
HNS $700 price range. www.lbisat.com if you are interested.
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agristar
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Re: New Satellite Internet User - Midwest US
« Reply #2 on: 22. Jun 2004 at 20:29 » |
Hi Jack,
I totally understand your fears about Sprint. We live out in
the country and had a hard time getting anything other than
really bad dial-up.
Luckily, the company I work for, Agristar Global Networks, is a
Direcway powered-by partner, so we sell Direcway satellite
service. We primarily focus on rural areas where satellite is
the best option.
As the other poster said, upload speeds aren't as ideal as
download speeds yet, but some of our higher-level packages will
get you up to 100K upstream.
You can check our packages out at
http://www.agristar.com/systems_plans.shtml or give our sales
staff a call here at 888-777-0440 if we can help answer any of
your questions.
Good luck!
Kelly |
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USN -
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Re: New Satellite Internet User - Midwest US
« Reply #3 on: 22. Jun 2004 at 22:28 » |
I have seen the price come down considerably from when I
first became a Direcway subscriber some years back. You
shouldn't have much difficulty in getting a two way system
delivered and installed for under $580 nowadays. Having said
that, the quality of service has not improved in all that time
either. Some would say it decreased. But then again when you
live in the boonies, you takes whatever you can get.
Starband is the only thing that resembles competition, but I
can't provide anymore info on that subject than you could find
yourself with a good search engine. I stayed away from them
myself, due to their tendency to flirt with bankruptcy.
I live in Western Kentucky, which under some circumstances is
considered MidWest. So if you care to share your email address,
we can correspond in more detail offline.
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John
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Re: New Satellite Internet User - Midwest US
« Reply #4 on: 26. Jun 2004 at 03:50 » |
Hey guys,
I am not sure if you heard about 1 way systems, but they are
much less expensive than 2 way and offer a 300~400Kbps down with
a 56k dialup return path. Check out
http://www.brightstarinternet.com, should be an alternative.
Yes, you can have affordable satellite Broadband..... |
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