omgwtfbbq!

[olds]

SDSL, 144 Kbps is available to my home for only $130 a month.
Thank you Covad!
:stupidsumsofbit<hes;
http://dsl.covad.com/products/dsl/telespeed/index.shtml

I guess living in the sticks has it's drawbacks.
/rant

 

[KLin]

IDSL?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
ISDL, 144 Kbps is available to my home for only $130 a month.
Thank you Covad!
:stupidsumsofbit<hes;

I guess living in the sticks has it's drawbacks.
/rant

man wish icould get it. grr living in a town of 100 people sucks heh

 

[JujuFish]

$130? :shocked:

 

[Viper GTS]

It probably is IDSL, it runs over ISDN infrastructure.

Pricey, but if it's all you can get it's all you can get.

Viper GTS

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: KLin
IDSL?

Sun was in my eyes. Ya, that's it.

 

[KLin]

I"d rather go with direcway.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: KLin
I"d rather go with direcway.

That's probably who we will go with.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: KLin
I"d rather go with direcway.

That would be a very poor choice IMO.

If you have Verizon cell phone coverage you might be able to get some form of wireless broadband.

Even if you have to sink a few hundred into an external/powered antenna (or worst case you're stuck with 1xRTT) it's better than dial-up & cheaper than $130 a month.

Viper GTS

 

[jumpr]

Sounds like your town is ripe for a dedicated wireless ISP. You could be sitting on a gold mine if you can afford the startup costs.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
It probably is IDSL, it runs over ISDN infrastructure.

Pricey, but if it's all you can get it's all you can get.

Viper GTS

10 times the cost for only double the performance? That's more than pricey, it's outrageous.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
It probably is IDSL, it runs over ISDN infrastructure.

Pricey, but if it's all you can get it's all you can get.

Viper GTS

I thought it did, but when I did the availability check again, it came back as SDSL.

 

[Xylitol]

OMGWTFBBQ
thats a fvckin ripoff :Q

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Sounds like your town is ripe for a dedicated wireless ISP. You could be sitting on a gold mine if you can afford the startup costs.

The closest house is 1/3 a mile to me and we live in very hilly terrain.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: KLin
I"d rather go with direcway.

That would be a very poor choice IMO.

If you have Verizon cell phone coverage you might be able to get some form of wireless broadband.

Even if you have to sink a few hundred into an external/powered antenna (or worst case you're stuck with 1xRTT) it's better than dial-up & cheaper than $130 a month.

Viper GTS

We have Verizon and my wife has 1xRTT set up on her laptop. But it seems we would get killed on minutes. Is there another way to do it?

 

[jumpr]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: KLin
I"d rather go with direcway.

That would be a very poor choice IMO.

If you have Verizon cell phone coverage you might be able to get some form of wireless broadband.

Even if you have to sink a few hundred into an external/powered antenna (or worst case you're stuck with 1xRTT) it's better than dial-up & cheaper than $130 a month.

Viper GTS

We have Verizon and my wife has 1xRTT set up on her laptop. But it seems we would get killed on minutes. Is there another way to do it?

I believe Verizon offers an all-you-can-eat data plan.

EDIT: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/busi...ional/remoteAccess.jsp?action=mpRemote

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
OMGWTFBBQ
thats a fvckin ripoff :Q

QFT

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
We have Verizon and my wife has 1xRTT set up on her laptop. But it seems we would get killed on minutes. Is there another way to do it?

Unlimited is $60 a month with a voice plan, or $80 without.

Check out evdoforums.com, tons of info there (including how to set it up on a desktop PC, router options, etc.).

If you're within their "broadband" coverage area you'll get WAY better than 1xRTT, 1xRTT is worst case if all you can get is regular coverage.

If Sprint is available it may be the safer choice right now (and faster), they don't seem to mind heavy users like Verizon does.

Viper GTS

 

[DVK916]

Where in NorCal Do you live. What about looking into Sprint or Verizon EV-DO service.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
It probably is IDSL, it runs over ISDN infrastructure.

Pricey, but if it's all you can get it's all you can get.

Viper GTS

10 times the cost for only double the performance? That's more than pricey, it's outrageous.

There is far more to performance than throughput.

Direcway has significantly higher throughput but astronomical latency.

I would MUCH rather have a 144K synchronous (the S in SDSL) DSL line than Direcway, even if it cost more.

Viper GTS

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
It probably is IDSL, it runs over ISDN infrastructure.

Pricey, but if it's all you can get it's all you can get.

Viper GTS

10 times the cost for only double the performance? That's more than pricey, it's outrageous.

There is far more to performance than throughput.

Direcway has significantly higher throughput but astronomical latency.

I would MUCH rather have a 144K synchronous (the S in SDSL) DSL line than Direcway, even if it cost more.

Viper GTS

Very true, especially if you like to play online games. Even MMOGs have trouble with 1 second ping times, much less real-time action ones (where +200ms pings will get you kicked on some servers). I have never seen a sattelite connection get less than 800 ms pings.

 

[waggy]

DO not get direcway. it sucks.

IF you use it to much they will lock you down to dialup speed. Any bad weather and the system goes out. Also download rates suck.I have direcway now and would LOVE to have anything else but NOTING is available here.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Very true, especially if you like to play online games. Even MMOGs have trouble with 1 second ping times, much less real-time action ones (where +200ms pings will get you kicked on some servers). I have never seen a sattelite connection get less than 800 ms pings.

Precisely. 1 second latency is absolutely unacceptable for anything but file transfers. And they'll cap you for what any proper geek would consider light usage.

Viper GTS

 

[newParadigm]

U could go with the 768 for not much more

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Very true, especially if you like to play online games. Even MMOGs have trouble with 1 second ping times, much less real-time action ones (where +200ms pings will get you kicked on some servers). I have never seen a sattelite connection get less than 800 ms pings.

Precisely. 1 second latency is absolutely unacceptable for anything but file transfers. And they'll cap you for what any proper geek would consider light usage.

Viper GTS

heck it seems like they cap you if you just browse to much.

It is also expensive. $400 to buy the equipment then monthly charge. for a crappy connection. but nothing else around.