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Satellite Internet Service for Macs?
Untimely Ripp'd asks: "Satellite broadband has been available to PC users for half a decade, and still is not trivially available to Mac users. It can be done, but it's always an unsupported hack, or it requires buying expensive extra hardware and software. I cannot understand why Hughes and the other providers would refuse to spend the relatively few dollars necessary to develop a couple of device drivers and glue libraries. Time after time, the vendors have said, 'it's coming,' but it never does, and the promise eventually goes away. (Earthlink's FAQ page no longer says that Mac software is being developed, for example). I'm not gung-ho on conspiracy theories, but the only explanation I can figure is that they're either being paid or bullied. Does anyone know of any serious tech hurdle that would make it cost more than $100K or so to develop the necessary software?" this article mentions one-way Mac service coming online from OWC in a future expansion, along with nationwide service. A comment from that story does mention a simple solution, but why is it that Satellite service, even one way satellite service, depends on Windows-only software? What other solutions have Mac users resorted to when they wanted their Macs connected?
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Sattelite Internet? You'd be somewhat hard pressed to find that for PCs, let alone Macs. Sattelite internet is just not a viable option, not since DSL and Cable are relativly cheap, anyone can buy an ethernet card for whatever they run, wether it be Win, Mac, or *nix. You can wish in one hand and s*it in the other......I think you know the rest.
You're just jealous, trollboy.
..now that the Slashdot Editors are self-confessed below-Winuser clueless Maccies.
Next "Ask Slashdot":
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Apple owners are, by and large, the type of nancy who gets the vapors trying to figure out which end of the screwdriver to use. The idea of choice or configurability frightens them. That is to whom Apple targets their marketing. You know the kind; they dress head to toe in black and drive a Volkswagen new-beetle. They spend hours--nay--days getting their virtual desktop decorated just right. They agonize over which screen wallpaper to use. Style over substance.
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