Whats Satellite like?

sanon · 08-03-2006, 12:16 PM

I'm movin' soon and the place I'm goin' doesn't have access to cable or dsl. So I need to get satellite.

Problem is I've no clue what satellite is like, is it cable speed? expensive? dsl speed? how do I set it up?

Add anything you think I should know here as well, I appreciate any and all help, and will admit I havent taken much time to research it, mainly beacuse of said move I'm kept rather busy.

So once again thanks in advance for any and all help.

dai · 08-03-2006, 08:35 PM

here it works out expensive,because you have to pay for your dialup and the satellite service
your request goes out on dialup and the reply comes back by sat

**Fox** · 08-03-2006, 08:48 PM

If cable and dsl aren't options for you, see if you can get an EVDO CDMA provider. Verizon offers such a service, and it reportedly rivals DSL. Plans are still fairly pricy at the moment, but the upside is that they aren't much more than satellite, which suffers from extreme latency, high packet loss, and over-all suckiness.

sanon · 08-04-2006, 08:32 AM

So satellite is slow?!

Crap >.< I don't wanna go back to friggin dial-up speeds!

Ill check out the verizon thing... hope I can get it, I wont be able to survive without dsl or better T_T

08-03-2006, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
sanon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 81 OS: XP	Whats Satellite like? I'm movin' soon and the place I'm goin' doesn't have access to cable or dsl. So I need to get satellite. Problem is I've no clue what satellite is like, is it cable speed? expensive? dsl speed? how do I set it up? Add anything you think I should know here as well, I appreciate any and all help, and will admit I havent taken much time to research it, mainly beacuse of said move I'm kept rather busy. So once again thanks in advance for any and all help. Last edited by sanon; 08-03-2006 at 12:17 PM. Reason: spelling

08-03-2006, 08:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	here it works out expensive,because you have to pay for your dialup and the satellite service your request goes out on dialup and the reply comes back by sat __________________

08-03-2006, 08:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
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08-04-2006, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
sanon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 81 OS: XP	So satellite is slow?! Crap >.< I don't wanna go back to friggin dial-up speeds! Ill check out the verizon thing... hope I can get it, I wont be able to survive without dsl or better T_T