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[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: newParadigm
U could go with the 768 for not much more

The 144K makes me virtually certain it's IDSL.

If they're offering him IDSL there almost certainly is nothing else available.

I forget the exact numbers (from when I worked for Qwest... Like 5 years ago) but IDSL goes SIGNIFICANTLY further than regular DSL.

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[olds]

Originally posted by: DVK916
Where in NorCal Do you live. What about looking into Sprint or Verizon EV-DO service.

Grass Valley. It's North of Sacramento.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: 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.

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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.

I play UT on dialup and I am happy if I can get less than 200.

 

[Mill]

Have any of you used Wild Blue? Isn't it supposed to be much better than DirecWay? I know the equipment fees are cheaper...

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Mill
Have any of you used Wild Blue? Isn't it supposed to be much better than DirecWay? I know the equipment fees are cheaper...

I looked into it. They have fewer installers so it's harder to get. It's not available in my area.