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A trader on this list did some ping tests on starband and said they did not
compare very favorably to a landline cable.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Hearne" <ted@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "WParks" <parks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: Off Topic: No DSL or Cable??
> Have you considered Starband? www.starband.com
> A recently upgraded sattelite internet service.
>
> Ted
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> At 06:11 AM 02/15/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Actually, I thought it was a pretty valid question. I live in the SF Bay
> >Area, not Bulgaria, in a very remote canyon. No cable, too far for DSL
and
> >the number of phone lines available to my home is maxed out. I too would
> >love to hear of new alternatives. Not everyone lives in downtown USA.
> >
> >William
> >
> > >
> > > Wow! I don't mean to be insulting or anything but do you have indoor
> > > plumbing? Have you heard the latest fad? Movies with "talking!" (Just
> > > teasing you :) Being a lifelong technophile I can't imagine anyone on
less
> > > bandwidth than DSL except my mom and Bulgaria.
> > >
> > > Try this: Write a paragraph of what you want to do this weekend and
read
> >it
> > > to your partner, dog, mirror whatever. But read only one word at a
time
> > > every 8 seconds. Then, read it as fast as you can or better yet, just
hold
> > > it up in front of the dog's nose. Method 1 is your bandwidth. Method 2
is
> > > DSL. I have quad-T1 lines at work connected to the backbone. Several
grand
> > > a month and other than the government, one of the fastest connections
> > > around. I have DSL at home for $50 a month. I have a hard time telling
the
> > > difference between the two. Of course work allows 100 people at a time
but
> > > at home, I surf on two computers with multiple browser windows and
talk on
> > > the phone all at the same time while in the background I'm listening
to
> > > free internet Baroque music on Spinner.com. And I've got an old Dell
> >laptop
> > > and a no-name desktop.
> > >
> > > The Fat Lady sang and already went home to bed.
> > > Try it. You'll like it!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Snap ."
> > > <snapp33@xxxx To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > ail.com> cc:
> > > Subject: Off Topic: No
DSL or
> >Cable??
> > > 02/15/2001
> > > 06:06 AM
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> > > I would like to know the following from the group.
> > > I dont have cable or DSL and am still in the ancient 56K status...has
> > > anyone
> > > ventured into other fast bandwidth modes and how has it been?
> > >
> > > Thanks, snapp
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