From: Jeff Shultz 

And expensive....

On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:23:32 -0600, "Randy H"
 wrote:

>Both Starband and Directway are bidirectional.
>
>"Geo."  wrote in message
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>> What equipment did you have to get to allow uplinks? All the satellite
>> internet stuff I've seen is download only and requires a land line for
>> upload. Who's the provider?
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Ned F. Reiter"  wrote in message
>> news:3e0dbf98{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > George,
>> >
>> > No, I use the satellite for both up and download.  We're
parked at Alamo
>> > Lake, AZ, for the week, a mile from the nearest power or telephone, and
>I
>> > have full internet access.
>> >
>> > I have seen download speeds over 2000kbps, but 400-600kbps is more
>normal.
>> > Uplink runs 40-80kbps.  I downloaded the XP SP1 (133MB) in 15 minutes.
>> With
>> > the latency of a satellite connection, some operations are slower (like
>> CIS
>> > access via OzWin) but FTP and HTTP file transfers are quite fast.  The
>> > software includes a proxy server to speed up web pages too.
>> >
>> > --
>> > -- Ned --
>> > nreiter_AT_attglobal_DOT_net
>> > Association of Shareware Professionals developer member
>> > http://www.asp-shareware.org/
>> >
>> >
>> > "Geo."  wrote in message
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>> > > "Ned F. Reiter" 
wrote in message
>> > > news:3e0c65c3{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > >
>> > > > I'm using a 2 way satellite connection for access.
>> > >
>> > > Oh now that's interesting, so you dial in to send and
you download via
>> > > satellite? What's the fastest download speeds you see when pulling
>large
>> > > files and such?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

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