PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| Yea, but satellite would be available everywhere
Over most of the geographic area of the U.S., neither cable nor DSL are available.
They can't do anything about ping times, but they need to increase upload times over what's available now through DirecWay to make it a useful service. It's no better than dial-up now. |
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Rfsjr2
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Ferndale, WA
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| Re: Yea, but satellite would be available everywhe
said by PDXPLT  :
It's no better than dial-up now.
Yeah, Right...
2004-05-29 14:20:36 EST: 1487 / 44
Your download speed : 1523584 bps, or 1487 kbps.
A 185.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 45698 bps, or 44 kbps.
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| said by Rfsjr2 :
Your upload speed : 45698 bps, or 44 kbps.
I meant upload isn't any better than dial-up. It takes just as long to send a 1 MB email with satellite as with dial-up. VPN's isn't supposed to work well, either. So using it for staying in touch with the office isn't that great. That being the case, it's hard for me to justify the high price for the service. |
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techie
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join:2003-06-18
Canada
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·Rogers Hi-Speed
| reply to PDXPLT
Re: Yea, but satellite would be available everywhere
said by PDXPLT :
Over most of the geographic area of the U.S., neither cable nor DSL are available.
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Rfsjr2
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Ferndale, WA
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| reply to PDXPLT
Re: Yea, but satellite would be available everywhe
said by PDXPLT :
I meant upload isn't any better than dial-up.
You are correct. Uploads do suck. 
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Sat_Man
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join:2001-09-14
Gray Court, SC
| said by Rfsjr2 :
said by PDXPLT :
I meant upload isn't any better than dial-up.
You are correct. Uploads do suck.
I'll be happy if the only thing Spaceway does is improve the upload speed!
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bob433
join:2004-06-11
Bancroft, ON
| reply to Rfsjr2
Who did you pay off to get that kind of speed?
2004-06-01 12:54:17 EST: 264 / 15 Your download speed : 270817 bps, or 264 kbps. A
33 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 15866 bps, or 15 kbps.
This is my standard. upon purchase and near renegotiation I got 3-4 times better but never above 128 Kb/sec d/l, within a month of my new 2 year slavery contract speed dropped dramatically, no more laughing at cable guys about my d/l speeds. 3 am and I get almost double on burst but d/ling a patch from their website while on the phone with useless support i got 7KB/sec, dude didn't know what to say... silence from their end and the "Please test every 4 hours and forward the results please." line they use to make you bugger off for a while.
$80 a month for 56k great |
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