Satelite internet?
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I want to know about this too - I did minimal research on mobile satellite internet and from what I gathered it was looking pretty expensive.
It depends on the area but it'd be worth checking out, these days a T1 goes for like $300 per month but it is a more stable connection with a much faster upload speed.
I would look in to an EVDO wireless connection first if you can get a cell signal in the area.
Hughes, WildBlue, and Starband are your main satellite choices.
I'm currently on Hughes Net Satellite Internet - it's a lot slower than cable/DSL, although it's a lot faster than dial-up, but what really sucks for me is that it has a "Fair Access Policy" where if you exceed around 200 MB in download size for that day, it slows down to dial-up/56K speeds for a whole 24 hours. And they don't tell you how much you've downloaded or when it will cut out....so with whatever provider you go with, make sure to really read the terms and conditions and know about any type of "fair access policy" because it really isn't 'unlimited high speed internet'.
And as far as any online gaming goes...forget about it =(
And as far as any online gaming goes...forget about it =(
I looked at satellite internet about six months ago, but for installing on a motor home or fifth wheel, not for use out in the country. Hughes was one of the ones I kept running into. But since my wife and I put our road junkie plans on hold for now, I never used any of them. So, no personal experience.
Yeah check out the fair access policy. Thats a bitch if you download music or anything. Not sure how it works now but the way it used to work was downloads came via satellite (at 1200ms response times) and uploads went via a 56k modem.
Look into cellular internet. eVDO or Edge. eVDO will get you about 700kbps for $70/mo with no weird caps and better latency.
Look into cellular internet. eVDO or Edge. eVDO will get you about 700kbps for $70/mo with no weird caps and better latency.
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Aplchian: I've used it briefly while road tripping around the country here. In Oz, it's pretty much the only way to get something faster than dialup if you're not in a capital city.
Speeds are essentially the same as ISDN, but ping time is terrible. Also, upload is pathetic, as you don't have nearly the signal strength that the satellite does. So for getting info and doing documents in the cloud, it's fine. For games, downloading, streaming or torrents, it's pathetic.
AMagz: Why not get a bandwidth monitor?
Narsticle: Don't you need to be near an enabled cellular tower / repeater station for that thing to work at all though?
Speeds are essentially the same as ISDN, but ping time is terrible. Also, upload is pathetic, as you don't have nearly the signal strength that the satellite does. So for getting info and doing documents in the cloud, it's fine. For games, downloading, streaming or torrents, it's pathetic.
AMagz: Why not get a bandwidth monitor?
Narsticle: Don't you need to be near an enabled cellular tower / repeater station for that thing to work at all though?
My wife's parents have Hughes, it's fucking horrible. Before that, they had Starband, it was fucking horrible. I have wireless radio bombed to my house off the tower up at the ski hill, it's like 15 miles away and I can barely see it but I get a 3mb burst and then like 512 after that...speedtests have shown 2.7-5.4 down, 1.6-2.6 up. Crushes satellite and dialup. Airpipe is the regional (national?) company, they outsource to smaller interregional companies. Hope that helps.
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