Two-Way Satellite Internet For Linux/Mac/BSD/etc.

tjw writes: "It seems that Starband has gone out of their way to make sure that their bidirectional satellite internet service was ONLY compatable with Newer MS OS's. However, if you don't mind voiding your warranty, you can strip out this "feature" and use the external modem as its engineers intended by use of a crossover cable, NIC, and DHCP client on ANY modern Operating System. You still need a USB->serial cable and a MS Operating system to install/commission the hardware though."

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Should be your LAST choice for broadband

[JAK]

I've been using DirecPC for the past month and a half, and I'll just say that using satellite should be your last choice, IMHO. Latency is bad enough on one-way, and on two way it basically kills anything other than straight browsing and FTP's. Bandwidth can drop to modem speeds. Do yourself a favor and research the experience of current users before ya take the plunge. If you can get cable or DSL (even at a higher cost), you'll probably be much happier...if you have no other options at all, satellite can be a decent, though often frustrating service.