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arg · 10-17-2004, 11:27 PM

Mobile self-aiming dishes, like you mount on a car roof, run around $5000, and I think only two models are available. A standard fixed mount unit is usually more like $300-$1000 for a 0.6 to 1.2 meter dish.

I don't know what you're looking at that's $10k, but with these cheaper models, you can do good casual surfing, but it's not like a T1 or even a good cable modem. You've got higher latency, much slower uplink speed, and DirecWay (the internet version of DirecTV) is known for throttling your downlink speed if they think you download too much (their criteria aren't any clearer than that). They're good for emergency use or casual surfing, but for reliable, high speed connections on a daily basis, I think you need to look at commercial services, which cost a lot more. Maybe that's what you're talking about for $10k?

10-17-2004, 11:27 PM
arg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,164	Mobile self-aiming dishes, like you mount on a car roof, run around $5000, and I think only two models are available. A standard fixed mount unit is usually more like $300-$1000 for a 0.6 to 1.2 meter dish. I don't know what you're looking at that's $10k, but with these cheaper models, you can do good casual surfing, but it's not like a T1 or even a good cable modem. You've got higher latency, much slower uplink speed, and DirecWay (the internet version of DirecTV) is known for throttling your downlink speed if they think you download too much (their criteria aren't any clearer than that). They're good for emergency use or casual surfing, but for reliable, high speed connections on a daily basis, I think you need to look at commercial services, which cost a lot more. Maybe that's what you're talking about for $10k?