Yes, James has mentioned it in his email, but Onno's comment makes it clearer that the satellite is 'in' and the phone line is 'out' and much slower. Therefore, the dish only needs to receive.
I gather satellite in and out would cost a lot more. On 2/2/05 3:16 AM, "Onno Benschop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Susan Hastings wrote: > >> Comments from my brother who is on satellite. >> >> its not as good as broadband but better than dialup, you come in via >> satellite anywhere from 300kps to 1000 and go out via land line(depends were >> you are) in my case about 32kps average, monthly $50.00 deal all >> inclusive,$350.00 for the dish (old foxtel dish will do fine) and internal >> card software etc,could look on ebay and do better price, hope this >> helps, seems M.T.Helena will soon get optic cable up close " broadband look >> out here we come"! >> >> > These comments only apply to One-Way Satellite and a FoxTel dish should > cost around $80 IIRC. The dish size is completely dependent on your > physical location in Australia, but near Perth, a FoxTel dish should do > fine for One-Way, but *not* for Two-Way Satellite.
