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Anyone using a satellite internet provider? We're stuck on a
56k modem that rarely runs faster than 28k, I was thinking of going to Hughesnet
as the costs are coming down. If so, I'd appreciate your opinion.
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Dennis
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Can't you get ordinary broadband?
Anyone using a satellite internet provider? We're stuck on a
56k modem that rarely runs faster than 28k, I was thinking of going to
Hughesnet as the costs are coming down. If so, I'd appreciate your
opinion.
?
Dennis
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Too far out to get DSL. I could get cable, but that would
involve digging a 90 foot trench down to the pole on the road, can't go overhead
wires, all utilities are buried here. Also cable would cost as much per month. I
have satellite tv and love it.
?
Dennis
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Can't you get ordinary broadband?
Anyone using a satellite internet provider? We're stuck on
a 56k modem that rarely runs faster than 28k, I was thinking of going to
Hughesnet as the costs are coming down. If so, I'd appreciate your
opinion.
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Dennis
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From: "Dennis J. Guggemos" <djguggms@...>
Date: 2007/06/29 Fri PM 12:26:44 CDT
To: W650riders@...
Subject: Re: [W650riders] NWC: Satellite Internet Access Question
***Satalite everything is where the future is...sat tv..sat phones..sat radio...sat phones we've learned the value of after the Huricane in New Orleans..the sat phones were the only thing that worked! Dish Network is the Sat TV carrier I have and I also have Sirius Sat radio and it is the BEST by far...I've heard that Dish offers Sat internet...have you heard?? and how much??
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?? Can't you get ordinary broadband?
Anyone using a satellite internet provider? We're stuck on a 56k modem that rarely runs faster than 28k, I was thinking of going to Hughesnet as the costs are coming down. If so, I'd appreciate your opinion. ?? Dennis
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Before the local telephone exchange went digital
we couldn't get DSL and I looked briefly at satellite but it was touted as a
business solution only as it was so expensive.
?
There's one other slight problemmette.....You
only get fast downloads ... unless your receiver dish is actually a
transmitter as well, so you need to keep your phone line .....
Too far out to get DSL. I could get cable, but that would
involve digging a 90 foot trench down to the pole on the road, can't go
overhead wires, all utilities are buried here. Also cable would cost as much
per month. I have satellite tv and love it.
?
Dennis
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Can't you get ordinary broadband?
Anyone using a satellite internet provider? We're stuck
on a 56k modem that rarely runs faster than 28k, I was thinking of going
to Hughesnet as the costs are coming down. If so, I'd appreciate your
opinion.
?
Dennis
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Unless I do a package deal with phone/tv/net cable access
prices about the same as sat access these days, only difference being $300 start
up for the sat, $200 for cable. Although likely I can find (or wait) for a
better start up deal with cable.
?
With the radio upload link they have these days, upload speeds
are around 128.
?
Meanwhile, I have done some research, and Hughesnet, the
biggest sat biz, is like dealing with your worst nightmare cable company. The
other sat option is BlueSky, I can't find out much about them, but they offer a
slower service around 500kbps for a little less money. Now I'm reconsidering
digging that 90ft trench out to the utility pole and doing cable, a whopping
4mbps for the same money.
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Dennis
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Before the local telephone exchange went
digital we couldn't get DSL and I looked briefly at satellite but it was
touted as a business solution only as it was so expensive.
?
There's one other slight
problemmette.....You only get fast downloads ... unless your receiver
dish is actually a transmitter as well, so you need to keep your phone line
.....
Too far out to get DSL. I could get cable, but that would
involve digging a 90 foot trench down to the pole on the road, can't go
overhead wires, all utilities are buried here. Also cable would cost as much
per month. I have satellite tv and love it.
?
Dennis
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I think the cable option is definitely the best
route....There are a lot of extra clever features as well, like movies on demand
and so on...
?
Jon
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Unless I do a package deal with phone/tv/net cable access
prices about the same as sat access these days, only difference being $300
start up for the sat, $200 for cable. Although likely I can find (or wait) for
a better start up deal with cable.
?
With the radio upload link they have these days, upload
speeds are around 128.
?
Meanwhile, I have done some research, and Hughesnet, the
biggest sat biz, is like dealing with your worst nightmare cable company. The
other sat option is BlueSky, I can't find out much about them, but they offer
a slower service around 500kbps for a little less money. Now I'm reconsidering
digging that 90ft trench out to the utility pole and doing cable, a whopping
4mbps for the same money.
?
Dennis
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:47
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Subject: Re: [W650riders] NWC:
Satellite Internet Access Question
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Before the local telephone exchange went
digital we couldn't get DSL and I looked briefly at satellite but it was
touted as a business solution only as it was so expensive.
?
There's one other slight
problemmette.....You only get fast downloads ... unless your receiver
dish is actually a transmitter as well, so you need to keep your phone
line .....
Too far out to get DSL. I could get cable, but that
would involve digging a 90 foot trench down to the pole on the road, can't
go overhead wires, all utilities are buried here. Also cable would cost as
much per month. I have satellite tv and love it.
?
Dennis
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Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
?
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I think the cable option is definitely the best
route....There are a lot of extra clever features as well, like movies on
demand and so on...
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Jon
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Hey, I know a guy in Oregon that'd probably love to
volunteer to help, ol' DitchFitch we calls 'im....
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Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
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demand and so on...
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Dennis...You finally have an excuse to hire a
Bobcat!
Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
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I think the cable option is definitely the best
route....There are a lot of extra clever features as well, like movies on
demand and so on...
?
Jon
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Um, Gene would probably do better as my co-observer, I don't
want to do his back any harm, I'd like to go riding with him again
sometime.
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Dennis
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Hey, I know a guy in Oregon that'd probably love
to volunteer to help, ol' DitchFitch we calls 'im....
?
Helpful Jake
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Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
?
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best route....There are a lot of extra clever features as well, like
movies on demand and so on...
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Jon
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Whatever method is used, we can't destroy the water, phone,
and power lines that are buried in the same area.
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One thing I've been wondering, if I can run the cable thru the
same buried line that the phone uses now. I don't know how the phone company
would sit with that, the conduit and line is their property and
responsibility.
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Dennis
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Dennis...You finally have an excuse to hire a
Bobcat!
Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
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There's almost certainly a pull-through sitting
in the conduit...perhaps they wouldn't notice as long as you didn't break the
phone line!
Whatever method is used, we can't destroy the water, phone,
and power lines that are buried in the same area.
?
One thing I've been wondering, if I can run the cable thru
the same buried line that the phone uses now. I don't know how the phone
company would sit with that, the conduit and line is their property and
responsibility.
?
Dennis
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Dennis...You finally have an excuse to hire
a Bobcat!
Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
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Thanks Dennis. My ditch digging days are over,
thanks to my back problems. Not to mention I'm retired and absolutely refuse to
do anything that even remotely resembles work. Have to stay true to my
convictions!
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However, I've lately?started a yoga class that
seems to be helping. The instructor(ess) had her back broken years ago, in 3
places, in a car accident and started?following this certain
program.?You'd never know?she had problems looking at her now. She
looks about 20 years younger than her age and?runs circles around the jocks
down at the gym.??
I have high hopes as the regular doctors say they
can't do anything for my muscle spasms. I'm thinking they come from some place
inside that "medicine" doesn't affect. Opening the energy paths (or whatever she
calls it) is causing unusual effects.
Stay tuned.
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Um, Gene would probably do better as my co-observer, I don't
want to do his back any harm, I'd like to go riding with him again
sometime.
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Dennis
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Hey, I know a guy in
Oregon that'd probably love to volunteer to help, ol' DitchFitch we calls
'im....
Helpful Jake
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Yeah, now to find a strapping young man to dig the
ditch...
?
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I think the cable option is definitely the
best route....There are a lot of extra clever features as well, like
movies on demand and so on...
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Jon
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I think I'd have to pull the original phone line out, and fish
thru the phone and cable lines at the same time.
This appears to be schedule 5 plastic conduit, very thin wall,
and I'll bet has no elbows or sweeps in the run, merely bent to fit the run.
That's ok, no obstructions with threaded fittings to hang up on.
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Dennis
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There's almost certainly a pull-through
sitting in the conduit...perhaps they wouldn't notice as long as you didn't
break the phone
line!
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You could of course just bung the phone guy $100
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I think I'd have to pull the original phone line out, and
fish thru the phone and cable lines at the same time.
This appears to be schedule 5 plastic conduit, very thin
wall, and I'll bet has no elbows or sweeps in the run, merely bent to fit the
run. That's ok, no obstructions with threaded fittings to hang up
on.
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Dennis
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There's almost certainly a pull-through
sitting in the conduit...perhaps they wouldn't notice as long as you
didn't break the phone
line!
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