From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (2298 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:19:43 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id RAA03389; Mon Nov 20 17:17:39 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA06935 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:18:14 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001120171933.007df760@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:19:33 -0600 Subject: Re: broadband access with starband, usb, and linux In-Reply-To: <200011210658.GAA29578@mail01.detroit.speedchoice.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20001120151342.007b19d0@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Wow, for $70.00 a month, or $59.95 if I get a specially configured compaq from radio shack, it's not probably worth it, but there's few options available when dsl and cable aren't. I just hate that on some sites where I type, and it takes awhile to echo my keystroke. At 04:38 PM 11/20/00 -0600, you wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >