[Cialug] satellite internet

[Nathan C. Smith]

If all installations are priced the same, can I ask what that costs for
equipment and recurring?  Also, what are the download rates like?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Pohl [mailto:tom at tcpconsulting.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:00 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] satellite internet


I have about 12 installations using wild blue right now and it works 
*ok*.  If you have any reasonably priced alternate, I'd take it.

There are some outages and with bandwidth latency and speed it's not 
perfect, but it works!  I only see the 12 locations from coming in from 
the outside, so I see the slowest part (the upload).

It works pretty slick, once your modem is provisioned (can take several 
hours the first time and done by their installers), you get a 
real-world ip address and away you go.  LOTS easier than the early days 
of cable modems.

BTW, all of my locations have a linux server hooked up to them :)

-Tom


On Sep 2, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Matthew Johnson wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Has anyone heard any positive/negative comments
> regarding Wild Blue satellite Internet service?
> currently DSL and cable are not options where I live,
> and dialup speeds are an excruciating 4 kbs (yes,
> four). Direcway is rather pricey, WildBlue is more economical, but you 
> still must purchase $300 worth of equipment. google fetched a few 
> reviews but not much. Any info is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew Johnson
>
> p.s. although linux is not officially supported by
> WildBlue, there is no software required, so it should
> work...
>
>
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