Satellite Internet

[colttrainer]

Thanks for that link, Johanna. Just checked ours out. The computer says 31.2 kbps but the test says 26 kbps. I know the dial up users overall are a small group, getting smaller all the time. But most of us are here not by choice, but by lack of choice. The companies who make websites with lots of fancy graphics and dancing bears may not realize that they are losing 5% of their possible sales because their website loads so slowly. Or maybe they figure those of us who live so far from town that we can't get high speed don't want to buy their stuff anyway...

(This is also why we appreciate the people on LW who compress their pictures to 100 - 200 kb. We just don't have the time to download a full size picture from todays digital cameras.)

Denise

Check out netkaster.ca you will be redirected. We have their slowest & I have no problems at all with the sat. system. The only thing better would be cable but us rural folk don't get that choice & probably never will. The cards don't work in my yard nor does the cell phone. I do believe that netkaster is cheaper than the cell system. I also have unlimited internet usage.

Al

[hivemind]

I am extremely happy with cellular internet from Verizon - portable and good service. We can't get DSL at home, and the satellite deal wsn't as good as Verizon. Had it two years on one, and just got another modem and account for my wife's computer. She was still on dial-up and it was t-i-m-e.

Just noticed this.

Bruce, no need to buy a second Verizon account to share the connection from their wireless broadband. Check out the Cradlepoint devices. http://3gstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=137_186&products_id=961

$140 and it's a wireless router as well. You plug your USB air card into it, and it just works. If your other computers aren't wireless, no problem, it's got an ethernet jack in it and you can pick up a small switch for $20 on NewEgg and plug them all into it.

3GStore is excellent - if you live in an area with low cellular signal, they have a variety of antennas you can use with a wireless broadband device to boost reception dramatically.

[bruce johnson]

Thanks for the tips, but in my case I need both accounts. I carry my laptop to work and my wife does her computer time at home in the afternoon. It is worth it for the frustration factor she was dealing with. Other than an occasional bouquet, best money I've spent in a while.

[leatheroo]

i think my family would roll over and die if we were on dialup... i just did a speed test and i get 4.45 mbps.......i will try and remember to keep any pics down in size