D HOPP wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Guillermo Belli wrote:
>
> I don't know about the satellite working but I defiantly recommend waiting
> for cable and if you can wait and are eligible get DSL. Both connections
> are quick and a lot better then dialup.
>
> Dennis
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > My actual ISP does not offer 56k connections, and I'm tired of this turtle slow
> > internet service. I was offered a satelite internet service, with a $30 monthly
> > fee and free installation (I wont pay a cent for the hardware). Does this kind
> > of service work with linux? Or do you think I should wait until cable is
> > available some months from now? There will be ADSL, too, but this option is even
> > more distant than cable (6-8 months or so). What do you recommend me?
> >
> > thaks.
> >
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> > Guillermo Belli - Linux User #131340
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> >
Satellite can give you up to 400K download, so they advertise.
But most satellite transponders peak out at about 70K so the 400K would likely have
to be multi-threaded in some way
And you STILL need your ISP to dialup to at 33.6 for the upload side. Satellite is
strictly one-way unless you have an 8-foot dish and some fancy transmission equipment
and a few dozen licenses and .... (OR an iridium phone)
Wait for cable or ADSL. And your ISP is probably smart to not offer 56K service.
With all the software modems running round that have considerable problems at that
speed, he's keeping his costs (and probably yours as well) down.
And 33.6 isn't that different from 48 which is what I feel lucky to achieve when I
can get it. Mostly, my ISP lets me have about 20-25K on the 56K lines and just about
the same on his 33.6 lines. And I'll likely never see ADSL or Cable here because we
have no hard line to the internet or even to other phone companies. We go through
some lightly loaded communications satellites.
Civileme
