On Sunday 17 April 2005 08:15 pm, Tom wrote: > M.Schild wrote: > >>However for downloading large files it was miles > >>faster as once you get started the latency beomes irrelevant. > > > > That is really what interests me. I havenÅt been able to upgrade my Mdk > > 10 because my present connection is so unreliable. It disconnects all the > > time....and my phone line drowns when it rains. wouldnÅt do in Scotland > > :-) Fortunately, it doesnÅt rain often here > > Maryse > > Mary, before this thread gets too far gone .... I researched > gettin a satellite connection several years ago. I also had a friend > at the time (Carolinas, USA) that got one. His involved about $700 > worth of equipment, and a separate dial up(land line) connection for > the uplink. It was also very fee expensive. > > I can't believe a jurisdiction/gov'mt that provides free > service would require such an expenditure. I really think Google or > contacting your local provider would get you better info than you're > gettin here. > > As to rain, yes, satellite will be subject to interruption as > t-storms pass over obscuring the path to the satellite. Are you > sure they're not planning wifi service? Seems that would make more > sense. The 30 cm oblong dish sounds like what my neighbor has Sprint used to offer this wireless he still has it It's about as fast as the average DSL line
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