Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread Tony
:) i never leave anything unsaid, as my wife says all the time My name is Tony "one step too far" Weeg On 4/4/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/4/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it sucks. > > Why don't you tell us how you really feel? > > ~

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On 4/4/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it sucks. Why don't you tell us how you really feel? ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202730 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Su

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread William Bowen
good to know, thanks for the info! On 4/4/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it sucks. > i prefer dial up to satellite service > i had directv's direcway, and removed it to go back to dialup, it was that > bad. > its big bursts up and down are slower than crap, and it just sucked. > > unplugge

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread Tony
it sucks. i prefer dial up to satellite service i had directv's direcway, and removed it to go back to dialup, it was that bad. its big bursts up and down are slower than crap, and it just sucked. unplugged at went back to dial up when i had it. tw On 4/4/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread William Bowen
Thank you! On 4/4/06, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know of any resources offhand, but here were the basics back > when I sold it (circa 2001): > > Not always on. > Satellite dish was the downlink, standard phone line/modem was the uplink. > Basically unroutable by hardware routers

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread William Bowen
thank you! On 4/4/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the uplink phone line has changed, at least DirectWay says that you > don't need a phone. Also, I was told that it would come into a router and I > would just attach other computers to it. > > Other things that turned me

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I think the uplink phone line has changed, at least DirectWay says that you don't need a phone. Also, I was told that it would come into a router and I would just attach other computers to it. Other things that turned me off were: Most VPN's dont work, something about how the satellite encrypts

Re: Satellite internet connection

2006-04-04 Thread Ben Doom
I don't know of any resources offhand, but here were the basics back when I sold it (circa 2001): Not always on. Satellite dish was the downlink, standard phone line/modem was the uplink. Basically unroutable by hardware routers -- you had to use something like Internet Connection Sharing becaus

Satellite internet connection

2006-04-03 Thread William Bowen
I know absolutely noting about satellite internet services. And between, jury duty and rehearsal i won't have enought time to sort it out for my parents, anybody got any links to useful site explaining the inner workings, basics, etc? Simple questions they'll need answers to: 1. Always on like D