Re: OT (very): DSL....carp and cavil

E. Naeher wrote:

>>Hmm, I thought Tim's reply was in jest (dons space suit, goes up and
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>>a satellite....).  But if it's a possibility, then I need to check it out.
>>Is this the same deal as "dish-antenna TV systems"? (which I've considered
>>more than once after raging at ATT-Broadband's third outage of the night)
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>Yes, very similar.  Some set-ups allow you to get satellite (dish) TV and
>Internet over the same dish.
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>All satellite Internet systems, last time I checked, could be used only for
>receiving; uploads and HTTP queries and so forth go out seperately over a
>regular landline.  So if you wanted to run a server, satellite wouldn't be
>much faster than dialup, if I understand it correctly.
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>When I was looking at one of these for my boat it was around the $600 range
>to install and around $50 a month, but that was maybe two years ago now.
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Well... you can also get two-way satellite, which is, of course, a lot
more expensive.

My understanding, which is based on the Australian broadband market, is
that you should attempt to move a couple mountains to get DSL or cable
or even (128 kb/s) ISDN before you think about satellite.

Tristan

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