Originally Posted by NelsonN

This is not true. I have Direcway's 2-way satellite service. It sucks, but your info is just wrong, you can upload via the sat modems.

First, you will be lucky if you can upload at 56K. It is more like a 36K modem for me. Second, browsing is a pain in the ass and the system uses a turbo proxy to help with browsing. Sometimes the proxy will be down or slow and it's just better to browse without it. Although the lag will be a lot more than with the proxy on.

Also, they cap your downloads via a FAP (fair access policy) scheme, if you download more than 140 megs (business package is more) they slow your ass down to a 56k modem, until the FAP bucket is replenished.

I use it because I have no other choice but the mediocre Cable co. I have here in Puerto Rico--they suck even more than Direcway!

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