Comments from my brother who is on satellite. its not as good as broadband but better than dialup, you come in via satellite anywhere from 300kps to 1000 and go out via land line(depends were you are) in my case about 32kps average, monthly $50.00 deal all inclusive,$350.00 for the dish (old foxtel dish will do fine) and internal card software etc,could look on ebay and do better price, hope this helps, seems M.T.Helena will soon get optic cable up close " broadband look out here we come"!
On 1/2/05 7:39 PM, "Onno Benschop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vladimir James wrote: > >> Cannot get normal broadband services on the Eastern side of Sawyers >> Valley, and the prospects in the near future appear bleak. Am about to >> invest in a 256/64 kbps satellite set-up under the Higher Bandwidth >> Incentive Scheme. eSat, based in Hobart, is the registered supplier. >> >> I would be grateful for pithy comments or advice on the matter. >> >> >> > I'd also recommend that you look at BorderNet and I believe that WestNet > may also be able to provide this access, seeing that HiBIS is a > government incentive, not something from one ISP. > > There are other speeds available and you might also investigate one-way > satellite if all you need is download. Surfing the net does generally > not require high outband data. Don't expect this to work like ADSL, > there is a second delay before traffic transports between you and the > satellite and back to the ground (and then back to you). > > Finally, I suspect that you have access to ISDN where you are which > might turn out to be cheaper.
