When I opened the message, I found that Bernie Cosell had written:
> You didn't clarify what you don't like about Direcway -- I have it
> and absolutely love it. It is reliable, fast, and you get used to
> the propagation delays [even for interactive ssh stuff]. I consistently
> get download speeds well in excess of the promised "up to" limit, and
> the FAP is hardly a problem [you need to tune your expectations, of
> course: I won't try to download a 600 meg ISO image].
It's just slow. Perhaps my settings aren't correct, but the folks at DW
were the ones who gave me the settings.
By going to some of the sites who propose to give you your connect
speeds, the readings are quite satisfactory.....however in reality it is all
slow. I know it isn't DSL, but it takes far too long to go from one web
page to another.
> BUT: in chasing around on the satellite forums [which would probably
> be a better place for you to ask about this kind of thing
I only used this forum because a thread was already going. So, actually,
I guess we are cross-communicating here <smile>. I don't like
DirecWay and Vonage didn't work with it. So we have two things
going.,
-- try
> DSLreports] it seems that a very high correlate with how well/poorly a sat
> setup is perceived has to do with the quality of the installer. Poorly
> mounted and/or not well aimed dishes seem to be the biggest cause of flaky
> service [if that's what your beef with direcway is]. In fact, there have
> been times when our DISH tv-feed has been having troubles, but my direcway
> connection just soldiered right along. Altogether, my feeling about sat in
> general and direcway in particular, in comparison to dialup, is "why did I
> wait so long"....
Based on how it works, I wouldn't go with DirecWay if I knew then
what I know now as to the speed of accessing web pages.
Thanks for your input,Bernie.
Regards,
Jim.....out with the snakes and lizards in the desert....
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