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Powertrip · 02-25-2008, 01:40 AM

I live to far out for Cable or DSL. I had a small computer repair business and connected via bi-directional satellite connection. I purchased a Huges/Directwave 90 CM Dish with a 2 Watt Transmitter and a DW7000 Satellie Modem. It was a $1400 system to purchase the hardware flat out and the DW7000 had an RJ45 out simular to a DSL or Cable modem so I could hook into a switch/router or wireless access point and connect more than one PC at a time.

Pings were 500-900 MS (1/2 a second to 9/10's of a second). No good for the following functions. Online Gaming, FTP, Hosting, Voice over IP, VPN etc.

I was capped at 150 MB's download every 24 hours with a 5 MB an hour buffer. If I decided to download a linux distro for example at about 175 MB my modem would light up like a christmas tree and then I would be cut back to a 56K connection of about 4 K/second.

Download speeds on windows updates, driver downloads, virus updates were 150-200 K/s down. With a 2 watt transmitter I could get 90 K/Second up

Rain and weather would worsen my performance but only snow on my dish would prevent browsing all together.

I had to sign a 2 year contract for $80 + tax a month. After I shut my business down I had to pay $25 a month just to have it disconnected for the remainder of my contract. I then went back to dial up for $24.99 month + $30 for a phone line.

Worked a hell of a lot better then dial up for what I was doing but I had to put $100 a side every month for a year then fork over $90 tax in a month.

Now I have about $700 worth of hardware and have to pay $400 just to activate my account if I want to browse for a month.

P.S I live in canada and had to go through a company called xplornet. www.xplornet.com

If I was a laywer and wanted internet at my sumer cottage and high speed was not an option I would go for it. But for a home user on a budget it's a financial black hole.

02-25-2008, 01:40 AM	#15
Powertrip Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 183	I live to far out for Cable or DSL. I had a small computer repair business and connected via bi-directional satellite connection. I purchased a Huges/Directwave 90 CM Dish with a 2 Watt Transmitter and a DW7000 Satellie Modem. It was a $1400 system to purchase the hardware flat out and the DW7000 had an RJ45 out simular to a DSL or Cable modem so I could hook into a switch/router or wireless access point and connect more than one PC at a time. Pings were 500-900 MS (1/2 a second to 9/10's of a second). No good for the following functions. Online Gaming, FTP, Hosting, Voice over IP, VPN etc. I was capped at 150 MB's download every 24 hours with a 5 MB an hour buffer. If I decided to download a linux distro for example at about 175 MB my modem would light up like a christmas tree and then I would be cut back to a 56K connection of about 4 K/second. Download speeds on windows updates, driver downloads, virus updates were 150-200 K/s down. With a 2 watt transmitter I could get 90 K/Second up Rain and weather would worsen my performance but only snow on my dish would prevent browsing all together. I had to sign a 2 year contract for $80 + tax a month. After I shut my business down I had to pay $25 a month just to have it disconnected for the remainder of my contract. I then went back to dial up for $24.99 month + $30 for a phone line. Worked a hell of a lot better then dial up for what I was doing but I had to put $100 a side every month for a year then fork over $90 tax in a month. Now I have about $700 worth of hardware and have to pay $400 just to activate my account if I want to browse for a month. P.S I live in canada and had to go through a company called xplornet. www.xplornet.com If I was a laywer and wanted internet at my sumer cottage and high speed was not an option I would go for it. But for a home user on a budget it's a financial black hole. Last edited by Powertrip; 02-25-2008 at 01:44 AM.