Exactly my point! If they have this kind of policy, then have no business
advertising their "400 Kbps" in the first place. The cloud cover
limitation is real. A short thunderstorm can zap your connectivity for
its duration - which can be really long during the rainy season. This
service is basically unacceptable, along with the technology the local
philcast people force down your throat - Windows + Winroute. They won't
support any other option.
So now we basically have a philcast dish that's useless. Anyone want to
buy it??
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, M. Yu wrote:
>
> I once got the card to run off of linux with the helius driver, but had
> trouble with the key generation of AsiaCast (the one you get when you first
> dial up to the Taiwan number they give you). Take note, however, that
> PhilCast (actually it is Taiwan-based AsiaCast which is operating DPC,
> PhilCast is only a reseller arm) is using KU-band dish which is susceptible
> to heavy cloud covers. You might also want to consider the fact that they
> are now implementing Hughes' Fair Access Policy (FAP) wherein, if they
> consider your bandwidth usage to be "abusive" and/or "excessive", they'll
> FAP your connection which constricts the pipe that goes to you, slowing you
> down (you will never get the 400 Kbps they promised you).
>
> A lot of people here in my province who used to connect via DPC discontinued
> their subscription.
>
>
> M. Yu
>
>
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