Good point. A co-worker recently started using WildBlue, and loves it. It's actually less expensive than what he was previously paying for dialup (plus a dedicated line), and way faster.
-----Original Message----- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband While I haven't tried to use Hughesnet or other satellite based IP communications, they advertise that if you have a clear "view" of the southwestern sky, you can have Internet Access anywhere. I have Directv for my television, and it has the best HD picture I've seen anywhere. It's rare to lose signal, but it usually is the result of snow buildup on the dish or very heavy rainstorms. I'm in Northern Illinois and in the 10 years or so that I've been on Directv, I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times that I lost signal. And of those caused by snow buildup on the dish, I just went out and brushed the snow off the dish. I'm working on a device to keep the dish snow free. I only mention this lest someone think that satellite is not a good choice in the middle of nowhere for Internet Access! Murray -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband The Average Joe has no clue what BitTorrent is, though. Streaming video is another story--YouTube and Hulu are more mainstream. Here's the thing... I live in the middle of nowhere--a very small town in a very rural area. The nearest shopping mall is an hour's drive away. Even here, though, we have multiple broadband options. Granted, some more rural areas of the county don't. But then, that's the price you pay when you choose to live out in the woods. If the FCC just has money burning a hole in its pocket, I'd rather see that money go towards improving cellular networks. We don't have 3G here, and signal coverage is spotty. Fixing that would do us a lot more good than running cable or DSL out into the swamp. John -----Original Message----- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband >What are people doing at home, for "personal" reasons, that would need 50 - >100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? Bit Torrent, HD Streaming. NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
