[AT] O/T satellite internet

[Kevin]

DirectWay earthlink, not cheap and pretty fast $70. a month. The phone is 
not tyed up + whatever you pay for dialup.
The local electric plant board put up a tower and ask if anyone wanted radio 
sig internet service for $29. When they came out to test and seen the setup 
we have, they said no way could they match or come near the speed we already 
have.
Kevin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David A. Laughead Jr." <daljr at bright.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T satellite internet


>I too am in this boat. I feel satellite if far to expensive.
>
> I don't know what to do or who to talk to for a remedy. Calling the phone
> company ,in my case embarq, does no good, they tell you to keep waiting 
> and
> to try their dial up. Don't ask them technical question s as they won't 
> help
> you anyway.
>
> My best guess was to write a congressman to ask for a communications
> mandate. But would that do any good besides getting me a form letter in
> return.
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Len Rugen" <rugenl at yahoo.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] O/T satellite internet
>
>
>> But for many, my home included, BAD internet would be a vast improvement
>> over what I have now.  I called wild blue, sky blue, whatever their name
> is
>> and my "spot" is full, they are out of bandwidth until they launch 
>> another
>> bird.  I'm on their wait list, the people that have it must keep it, I've
>> never been called.  Granted, if you had DSL or anything other than
> dial-up,
>> I would look there first.  My only non long distance ISP displays 24Kbit
>> connection speed, but struggles to actually deliver 10Kbit.  They don't
>> understand that 24 dial up lines can't share a single 56K link to the
>> outside world and not be degraded.
>>
>> >
>> > I've heard nothing but bad about satellite internet.
>> >
>>
>> ---
>> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at