Boradband by Satellite?

[Abrasive]

Our business is in the sticks out in desert. Is Satellite Broadband a better option than paying out the wazoo for 128k ISDN as we have been for years?

Where does one find out about this?

I am in Reno, Nevada.

Thanks

 

[Aves]

Ping times suck on satellite but if you're not gaming it shouldn't matter that much.

It will run you about $75/month for like 500kbps I believe. Better than ISDN IMO.

 

[LeetViet]

Broadband by satellite will be faster then 128K ISDN.

 

[FoBoT]

depends on if latency will be a problem for you

if you just need faster bandwidth , then satellite may be better, but if the high latency will be a problem for your apps, then stick with ISDN

what is the internet used for at this business?

 

[LongCoolMother]

its not as stable. but when it works consistently, which i would say is about 85%+ of the time more most people, its fast as hell. i use sprint broadband right now, its wireless and its crazy fast. uncapped speeds reach near 5mbit down.

up sucks though. and it totally sucks when its not working. ping is horrible.

 

[Looney]

If you don't game, and don't upload at high speed, then it might be worthwhile.

 

[WTT0001]

Dway installer here, as has been mentioned, lag times are a problem (750ms+), bandwidth is alright (average 700kbs down, 20 up speed test wise, 120Kbs downloading a file) price is dependent on buisness or residential use. PM me if you need more info on it.

WTT

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
its not as stable. but when it works consistently, which i would say is about 85%+ of the time more most people, its fast as hell. i use sprint broadband right now, its wireless and its crazy fast. uncapped speeds reach near 5mbit down.

up sucks though. and it totally sucks when its not working. ping is horrible.

How does wireless internet access work? You put an antennea up on the roof?

 

[Abrasive]

This will be used for internal internet connection and PCAnywhere connection a workstation or 2 that will access internal database and quickbooks reports. So the owner doesn't have to come in to check up on business, and the general manager can follow his example and do the same.

Lazy bastards

 

[FoBoT]

pc anywhere will be a problem, as you interact with the other desktop, the latency of satellite means you will have to wait a long time for screen refreshes

i would recommend staying with ISDN if a significant amount of the use is for pc anywhere. pc anywhere and the other remote desktop products are designed to work ok with low bandwidth, but the high latency will be bad

IMO

 

[Abrasive]

Everyone else agree or?

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
its not as stable. but when it works consistently, which i would say is about 85%+ of the time more most people, its fast as hell. i use sprint broadband right now, its wireless and its crazy fast. uncapped speeds reach near 5mbit down.

up sucks though. and it totally sucks when its not working. ping is horrible.

How does wireless internet access work? You put an antennea up on the roof?

they put a small satellite dish on the roof. looks pretty cool.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
pc anywhere will be a problem, as you interact with the other desktop, the latency of satellite means you will have to wait a long time for screen refreshes

i would recommend staying with ISDN if a significant amount of the use is for pc anywhere. pc anywhere and the other remote desktop products are designed to work ok with low bandwidth, but the high latency will be bad

IMO

The latency won't be that bad. We're definitely talking of much less than 1sec.

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Originally posted by: aves2k
Ping times suck on satellite but if you're not gaming it shouldn't matter that much.

It will run you about $75/month for like 500kbps I believe. Better than ISDN IMO.

i've heard that pings are bad as well... thought about it but that was when i was playing CS and other games that require decent pings so i quickly ruled out the option

 

[stormbv]

I am seriously interested in this, since I'm a country mofo. Does DishNetwork or DirectTV offer anything like this?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If price is of matter, the satelite will be better alone

If price is not a large point in this, use both

Satelite provides the download but upload it through dialup or something of that kind. Keep ISDN for the upload part, will be twice as fast. EASILY noticeable using PCAnywhere from a 56k speed versus 128k speed.

 

[ViperXX]

I am seriously interested in this, since I'm a country mofo. Does DishNetwork or DirectTV offer anything like this?

I use Starband. It costs $300 dollars to purchase the equipment and $75 a month.

Good download speeds, high ping times so no gaming which really sucks. Upload speeds are comparable to a 56k modem. Service reliability is around 95%. Starband Link

 

[Turkish]

I've researched about satelite broadband for a while last year. By then, latency was annoying a lot of people. Unless you use internet only for surfing the web, I would say stick with the ISDN.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: FoBoT
pc anywhere will be a problem, as you interact with the other desktop, the latency of satellite means you will have to wait a long time for screen refreshes

i would recommend staying with ISDN if a significant amount of the use is for pc anywhere. pc anywhere and the other remote desktop products are designed to work ok with low bandwidth, but the high latency will be bad

IMO

The latency won't be that bad. We're definitely talking of much less than 1sec.

we tested satellite at work, the ping/latency is due to the distance to the satellite, so you always get at least 1200-1500 ms for the round trip, it can't get less than 1 sec. no way to speed up the signal, the sat is just tooo far away

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If price is of matter, the satelite will be better alone

If price is not a large point in this, use both

Satelite provides the download but upload it through dialup or something of that kind. Keep ISDN for the upload part, will be twice as fast. EASILY noticeable using PCAnywhere from a 56k speed versus 128k speed.

that is a GooD idea, but as you say, only if $$$ is no object