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  • Slacker
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2003
    • 331
    #1

    Anyone know anything about satellite internet?

    i live in the fucking sticks and i can't get cable or dsl.
    i know that there are some services that offer satellite
    internet like Direct TV and Starband, just wondering if anyone
    has any experience with this type of thing?
    I heard that the download speed is good but upload speed is not.


    Oh and go fuck yourself...bastards
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    • Pipecrew
      Master of Gfy.com
      • Feb 2002
      • 14888
      #2
      direct tv cancelled its satellite internet recently

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        • MuleScrote
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 4601
          #3
          I looked into it....

          $500 for equipment
          $100/month for service

          uploading has to be done over phonelines unless you buy more equipment (option not offered where I live)
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            • iroc409
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2003
              • 4728
              #4
              just call up verio, tell them you need a 600meg line out there, i know a guy that could probably get that hooked up.

              with proper inducement, of course
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                • LadyMischief
                  Orgasms N Such!
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 18135
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Slacker
                  i live in the fucking sticks and i can't get cable or dsl.
                  i know that there are some services that offer satellite
                  internet like Direct TV and Starband, just wondering if anyone
                  has any experience with this type of thing?
                  I heard that the download speed is good but upload speed is not.


                  Oh and go fuck yourself...bastards
                  I currently use Bell Satellite internet and I tell you, it SUCKS It's unidirectional, it's rather unreliable, but it's BETTER than the 26.4 dialup which is the max I can get in the boonies where I live. However some of the other satellite systems are bidirectional, but they have HUGE initial costs (generally upwards of $1500 at least to start) and cost about $150-$300 per month for the service. No matter what you aren't going to get anything near comparable to what you would have in a city

                  And with the unidirectional satellite, the satellite is for download, it still requires you to pay for a dialup connection, and it uses that connection for uploads. Paying the satellite AND the dialup accounts, expect to pay in the area of $90/month for internet.

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                    • Slacker
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 331
                      #6
                      how many banks would i have to rob to pay for it?

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                        • bugout
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 540
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Pipecrew
                          direct tv cancelled its satellite internet recently
                          They acutally just re-launched their new service. Full two-way high speed satellite internet.

                          2 plans 579.98 up front and 59.99 a month or 99.99 a month for 12 months then 59.99 a month after that.

                          They say it's high speed and "astonishing" but they don't give any #'s.

                          www.direcway.com

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                            • Pipecrew
                              Master of Gfy.com
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 14888
                              #8
                              Originally posted by bugout


                              They acutally just re-launched their new service. Full two-way high speed satellite internet.

                              2 plans 579.98 up front and 59.99 a month or 99.99 a month for 12 months then 59.99 a month after that.

                              They say it's high speed and "astonishing" but they don't give any #'s.

                              www.direcway.com
                              thats not RCA direct tv though.... Satellite Internet is a money pit, thats why companies are bailing out

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                                • pr0
                                  rockin tha trailerpark
                                  • May 2001
                                  • 23088
                                  #9
                                  Assume 80% efficiency: a 15 MB file would take 47 minutes to download with a 56Kbps modem and 7 minutes with DIRECWAY at 400Kbps.

                                  ...

                                  dont expect 400k...lol...it sux but its better than nothing

                                  i bought one, $1000 for equiptment, 79$ a month, the downloads were about 250-300k...uploads at 15k, in 2001
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                                    • AM Jeff
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 1320
                                      #10
                                      I have 2 way service with Direct Way.

                                      I live in the fuckin sticks also..but better than fcukin dial up.
                                      Wished I could get DSL here.
                                      Not for download speeds..uploads.
                                      Downloads speeds are pretty sweet. not as sweet as DSL. But sweet.
                                      Upload speeds is the same as 56K..but if you get the 2 way service, no need for the phone line.

                                      Feel the Rage Motherfucker. It's Coming Soon to a Browser near you.

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                                        • oscer
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jan 2001
                                          • 2834
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Slacker
                                          i live in the fucking sticks and i can't get cable or dsl.
                                          i know that there are some services that offer satellite
                                          internet like Direct TV and Starband, just wondering if anyone
                                          has any experience with this type of thing?
                                          I heard that the download speed is good but upload speed is not.


                                          Oh and go fuck yourself...bastards
                                          Your Upload is Dialup

                                          If your in a Area like Maryland you can Get microwave Internet or shit like that running on 802.11 B Secured
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