Folks, I sent a note to Sudeep Reddy, the reporter who covered the TX State Senate committee vote, allowing a BPL bill to come to the state senate floor. His reportage was straight-factual stuff. The
Jim: Those of us who live in Texas always worry when the Texas Legislature is in session as we never know what some of those clowns in Austin might approve. Every so often the legislature has to come
What I don't ever hear mentioned is that those 5% who do not have cable or a phone line suitable for DSL can get high speed internet service via satelite. Its very common and affordable outside the U
Satellite internet can't be compared to DSL or Cable (or even BPL) broadband. The bandwidth is too low. I have a 1.5Mbps (downlink) DSL line that costs only $26.95/mo. I could get a 3Mbps (downlink)
I am one of those so served. The local phone "service" says "we have no plans to extend higher speed connections into that area". I am doing very well for both TV coverage and Internet service with s
Yes, this is true, and I too use a 4Mbps cable connection due to home business requirements. However, my understanding is that most DSL and Cable users nationwide select the 256K line due to pricing,
Direcway uses a satellite uplink. I don't know what speed it supports. Bob, N7XY _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Bob and all, I use Direc way satellite and consistently get 600K down and 128K up. So much better than dialup here out in the country where no DSL or cable will ever be! 73's Cort Courtney Judd K4WI
Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:57:17 -0400
I think it's more a matter of availability. I could only get basic DSL at 128K, or 256K. It cost $96 a month for 128K while 256K was double that. That was just for the phone line. A dedicated IP at
get 600K down and country where no DSL or ...and I have a two channel ISDN line that actually gives a true 110-120K speed either up or down on the two bridged 64K channels, and I'm about 25 miles on
I'm afraid Kelly is a little self-centered and blind to the circumstances of some others. I CANNOT get a connection greater than 56kbps by ordinary means. DSL and any other system that relies on a so
Hi Bill, A question and comment. What satellite company are you using? Now the comment.... Currently 28.8 is real good for me. I am in the country no DSL ASL and hopefully NO BPL. I will live with my
I LIVE 3 BLOCKS FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE .. take into consideration .. I just switched from having (for 5 years) PacBell DSL, 5 static IPs, ~300-400 up, ~ 1.5 down .. to the new Cox 5 down, 1 up ..
There's a significant difference between cable modem and DSL: the owner of the wires, and the service philosophy of the provider. In the DSL case, the owner of the wires and the provider of the servi
Jim: Well written and on the mark. Thanks for sharing. 73 bob de w9ge _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather St
Thing is, for probably 99% of broadband subscribers -- via any media, cable/DSL/sat, you pick -- "speed" is thought of in terms of downstream speed. And for casual web surfing and e-mail, even for do
We drift far from towers here, but as long as we're not getting our wrists slapped... speed. very of different. I'm day, without question.) And compared to <snip> In your specific case, do you really
Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 23:07:06 -0400
I debated about on list or not for this, but I think at least part is on topic. They were here although DLS may hve been a bit lower on the priority list than voice. My DSL line was "guranteed" digit
seriously given Not VoIP via the Internet, but VoIP on the "private backbone" operated by the hams. They could assign whatever priority they care to. Presumably, since the network topology is "known