From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail01.detroit.speedchoice.com([24.221.95.31]) (1743 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:39:45 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (from as_raul@localhost) by mail01.detroit.speedchoice.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA29578; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 06:58:53 GMT Message-Id: <200011210658.GAA29578@mail01.detroit.speedchoice.com> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: "speakup@braille.uwo.ca" Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:38:26 -0600 Reply-To: "Raul A. Gallegos" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001120151342.007b19d0@mail.ufw2.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: broadband access with starband, usb, and linux List-Id: This does not seem like a all together good solution. On top of the difficulties mentioned below the only thing they guarantee as far as access goes is latency. On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:13:42 -0600, Brent Harding wrote: > I've heard of this satellite net access thing that's supposed to be >2-way on the Kim Komando show called starband. It's from dish network, and >they include the dish, antenna, modem, and the software used. >Unfortunately, it hooks to the usb port, the modem. Another option is to >get the package from radio shack that has a tranceiver card instead of the >usb modem, with msn service, but you have to buy the PC. Which would be >usable in linux? They don't seem to offer a modem connecting to an ethernet >card to my knowledge. Raul A. Gallegos -- raul@asmodean.net msn id: ragallegos@hotmail.com -- icq: 5283055 http://www.asmodean.net