Dave, there is full duplex satelite internet. It uses setalite to send and receive data. But those systems are expensive.

 

it depends, in some aspects it's a little gay. dsl is more secure and your bandwidth won't fluxuate like cable. plus you have less latency. cable is typically cheaper for the speed you get though. but latency is sometimes whats really important (gaming).

as far as satellite. at first upload was 56k upload but I'm pretty sure even like direct tv's system is two way. yes it's more expensive, slower, and greater latency but it's 100x better than dialup.

 

Unfortunately though, this still means no XBL most likely.

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Sucks mang.

I've had much bigger problems with speeds slowing down from DSL than from Cable.

 

full duplex satellite internet antennas are running for ~600-900$+install...

 

well there are alot of factors, but technologically with cable your competing with your next door neighbor and the whole neighborhood for bandwidth on cable. dsl is a dedicated line and you'll only slow down if the central office runs out of bandwidth.

btw, I have cable, it's cheaper for us. I've got 4Mb/768k for 33 dollars a month + free cable(the cable co knows but chooses not to fix it!!). dsl was double that because of having to buy a telephone line we never used.

 

having had cable modem problems (had a bad one and had to exhange it) I can tell you that there are ONLY 46 people on my hub... I gots fast internet access!

 

Have you checked into wireless internet. if you can get a cell signal you can get internet. it's not that cheap, but it is an option.

 

Well I found used dishes on ebay for like 100-200 install is like 200 and its like 80-140 a month! Wtf mate! I called comcast to see what is needed they said they need some equipment so I asked what equipment is needed to set me up...if its reasonable I'm going to ask them to split the costs I rather spend 400 and get cable over the dish...

Next I'm goin to contact qwest about dsl and ask the same thing

Btw wireless like a edge card is slower than dialup

 

what about wirless dsl? we've got that where i live, and it's a really small town.

 

Dave it's not that hard to install and possition the dish, I can do it for $59.99, just pay me airplane ticket wink1.gif

It's the same as installing dish for TV