Anyone have experience using a Wireless Internet Connection (Starband, Etc) - GoFuckYourself.com

Gel · 07-14-2003, 04:27 PM

Does anyone have experiece using Starband or any other wireless internet connection?

In a few weeks I'll be moving to a farm in rural Northern Wisconsin.

I will be needing a Wireless internet connection.
I will just go insane trying to work with a 28 kbs dial-up

Starband seems to be the most established and the best price. Their price is $199 setup plus $49.99 a month for a 3 year contract.

Directway from Direct TV is quite a bit more money.

Are there any other services I should look into?

--gel

Gel · 07-14-2003, 06:02 PM

bump

Anybody?

some_idiot · 07-14-2003, 06:30 PM

Mmmmm shared over saturated DVB Ku band channels.

Don't be so quick to throw away that 28.8k , you'll need it everytime it;

a. rains
b. someone uses P2P on the same transponder.

I'd go with a homebrew 802.11 and get the neighbours to coop with you.

Gel · 07-14-2003, 08:11 PM

Actually the nearest neighbor is a mile away. lol

The nearest place that you can get high speed is 20 miles away.

angelsofporn · 07-14-2003, 08:13 PM

just got mine a couple weeks ago..(starband) and it's a nightmare..my only option here though

Gel · 07-14-2003, 08:24 PM

Angelofporn what kind of problems are you having?

A friend of mine has a starband. He had some problems. It seemed most of his problems seemed to be because he had the starband running on a win 98 machine running winproxy.

Thoug compared to dialup the speed was great.

It has a ridculous ping time though as bad as 3 seconds.

Could you ICQ me? 169927792

some_idiot · 07-14-2003, 08:30 PM

I'm just replacing a custom 802.11 today in Niagra Falls with a T1.

It was a pentium running FreeBSD, a Lucent wireless, a YDI amp/ DC injector and a 36dbi parabolic. ($7000 at the time, now $450)

It was doing 5meg at 19 miles crossing the river 3 times! The guy only switched after some 4 years of operation because trees grew in the way that he can't convince/pay the owner to cut down.

Don't dismiss it so fast...
As a solution it's come along way since the Linux guys figured out how to steal the BSD driver code. You can leap frog ma and pa who want email all the way back to a CO and get some real speed (and part time job maintaining the gear)

gothweb · 07-14-2003, 08:32 PM

Directional 802.11 kicks ass.

Gel · 07-14-2003, 10:42 PM

My game plan is to maintain the satelite system as my primary with a dialup as a back up.

Don't get me wrong I'm not dismissing 802.11. I just need something I can get going quickly.

I was actually thinking about the directional antenna idea inorder to get internet to my in-laws a mile away. I believe I can get line of site from the top of their silo to the top of ours.

some_idiot could you point me in the right direction to learn more?

07-14-2003, 04:27 PM	#1
Gel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Land of beer, cheese, and brats Posts: 131	Anyone have experience using a Wireless Internet Connection (Starband, Etc) Does anyone have experiece using Starband or any other wireless internet connection? In a few weeks I'll be moving to a farm in rural Northern Wisconsin. I will be needing a Wireless internet connection. I will just go insane trying to work with a 28 kbs dial-up Starband seems to be the most established and the best price. Their price is $199 setup plus $49.99 a month for a 3 year contract. Directway from Direct TV is quite a bit more money. Are there any other services I should look into? --gel

07-14-2003, 06:30 PM	#3
some_idiot Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Doesn't matter, I'm not buying you another pint! Posts: 1,511	Mmmmm shared over saturated DVB Ku band channels. Don't be so quick to throw away that 28.8k , you'll need it everytime it; a. rains b. someone uses P2P on the same transponder. I'd go with a homebrew 802.11 and get the neighbours to coop with you. __________________ This AVS pays my mortgage!

07-14-2003, 08:13 PM	#5
angelsofporn Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 3,218	just got mine a couple weeks ago..(starband) and it's a nightmare..my only option here though Last edited by angelsofporn; 07-14-2003 at 08:21 PM..

07-14-2003, 08:30 PM	#7
some_idiot Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Doesn't matter, I'm not buying you another pint! Posts: 1,511	I'm just replacing a custom 802.11 today in Niagra Falls with a T1. It was a pentium running FreeBSD, a Lucent wireless, a YDI amp/ DC injector and a 36dbi parabolic. ($7000 at the time, now $450) It was doing 5meg at 19 miles crossing the river 3 times! The guy only switched after some 4 years of operation because trees grew in the way that he can't convince/pay the owner to cut down. Don't dismiss it so fast... As a solution it's come along way since the Linux guys figured out how to steal the BSD driver code. You can leap frog ma and pa who want email all the way back to a CO and get some real speed (and part time job maintaining the gear) __________________ This AVS pays my mortgage!

07-14-2003, 08:32 PM	#8
gothweb Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Back in the USSA Posts: 8,849	Directional 802.11 kicks ass. __________________ Photos by Ian X.: Distinctive photos of goth babes. Blood Money:Your traffic, my sites, our money. MojoHost: Still the best.

07-14-2003, 06:02 PM	#2
Gel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Land of beer, cheese, and brats Posts: 131	bump Anybody?

07-14-2003, 08:11 PM	#4
Gel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Land of beer, cheese, and brats Posts: 131	Actually the nearest neighbor is a mile away. lol The nearest place that you can get high speed is 20 miles away.

07-14-2003, 08:24 PM	#6
Gel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Land of beer, cheese, and brats Posts: 131	Angelofporn what kind of problems are you having? A friend of mine has a starband. He had some problems. It seemed most of his problems seemed to be because he had the starband running on a win 98 machine running winproxy. Thoug compared to dialup the speed was great. It has a ridculous ping time though as bad as 3 seconds. Could you ICQ me? 169927792

07-14-2003, 10:42 PM	#9
Gel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Land of beer, cheese, and brats Posts: 131	My game plan is to maintain the satelite system as my primary with a dialup as a back up. Don't get me wrong I'm not dismissing 802.11. I just need something I can get going quickly. I was actually thinking about the directional antenna idea inorder to get internet to my in-laws a mile away. I believe I can get line of site from the top of their silo to the top of ours. some_idiot could you point me in the right direction to learn more?