Considering it takes more than 10 watts into a 10 foot diameter dish
for a RELIABLE 100% duty-cycle 24 hour uplink, I wouldn't look for any
reasonabable costing consumer grade direct uplink ever. Plus, CC&Rs and
left-wing liberal "not on my block" boneheads will keep YOU from having any
decent antennae.
Most likely you'll get a wireless nic and a pole mounted RF hub on the
street.
kg7fu
-----Original Message-----
From: Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: RE: Linux and Satellite service
>Satellite is traditionally download only.
>
>You have a reciever dish. They send downloads up to their satellite and it
>bounces down to your cheapy reciever. You would then upload over a modem
>connection. New technologies are coming out that will enable home users to
>upload in other ways.
>
>If they have an upload box that doesn't run over a phone connection, it
>sounds like either something to send up to the satellite (probably not
>likely, atleast today), or perhaps some other connection. Wireless to a
>nearby town, etc.
>
>If you think about it, this makes sense. How much does a radio receiver
>cost? They are free for a junky one. How much does a radio transmitter
>cost, to broadcast your own radio station. Ummm, I probably can't afford
>one. At least not right now. So how much does it cost to broadcast up to
a
>satellite a few miles in the air? Ja!
>
>If they are selling an internet connection, then it should come with all
the
>stock stuff, IP, dns, abcd and e. If it doesn't come with that stuff, then
>they are falsley advertising. Read the fine print. Ask them, is this a
>"full internet connection". (ie a not-full one would be proxy on a few
>ports: web/ftp).
>
>Cory
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Darren C Vyff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:12 PM
>To: Eugene Users Group
>Subject: Linux and Satellite service
>
>
>I live in BFE down in a little whistlestop known as Saginaw. There is
>fiber in front of my driveway running somewhere far far away. My point
>is that I am in a bandwidth DEAD zone. I have recently been offered the
>oportunity to purchase satellite bandwidth. It is CONSIDERABLY cheaper
>than running new telephone line or cable up my driveway. The catch is
>that I have to buy their box to upload supposedly. My question is does
>anyone know if sat-uplink is any different a setup than a normal net?--I
>mean with gateways, DNS, etc etc. I read the slashdot discussion--I'm
>just confused as to why I have to buy their box. Anyone know why?
