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Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-all-suck dept.

pitchblende writes "Our company works in remote locations in Northern Canada. We have been experiencing major communications problems with our current satellite service. We use satellite systems that go for about $1000 apiece, with $100/month in fees. The service is 'shared' rather than dedicated, and our VOIP, etc, has been getting worse by the day lately. From what I can tell, dedicated systems go for $30k and up. I hope someone(s) out there has some suggestions, recommendations?"

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  1. Down by courteaudotbiz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Come back down to lower Canada...

    1. Re:Down by Harry+Balzack · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...where men are men, and seals are nervous!

  2. ... ... ... Latency? by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

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    What latency? It works great to me!

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  3. Re:uh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The service is 'shared' rather than dedicated, and our VOIP, etc, has been getting worse by the day lately. From what I can tell, dedicated systems go for $30k and up.

    You can get a dedicated satellite for 30K..........

    Hey, did you know you can get a dedicated satellite for 30k?!?

    Quickly now, somebody post a reply to me to let everyone know you can get a satellite for 30k. Because that hasn't been said already.

  4. How's the latency? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Astronomical.

  5. You can by kellyb9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You should run a few hundred miles of ethernet cable down to Pennsylvania. I'll let you plug into my linksys router.

    1. Re:You can by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Unfortunately all we have in Canada is metric ethernet cable.

  6. Use Beaver Net... by gwn · · Score: 3, Funny

    never underestimate the bandwidth of a DeHaviland BEAVER full of cd and DVD's...

  7. Re:uh! by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can get a dedicated satellite for 30 000$ CAD.

    I don't think I'd be able to buy a dedicated satellite with a 30K resistor.

  8. Re:uh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could affor it, if only it were USD rather than CAD!!!

  9. Re:Satellite? Screw that. Go radio by LordKaT · · Score: 2, Funny

    9.6mb/s would be awesome.

  10. Re:I'm no expert by timster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Exactly how small is "small"? Because a Linksys duct-taped to a Pringles can isn't going to cut it, even if you bolt some solar panels to the bottom.

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  11. Switch from TCP/IP to CP/IP by bingbong · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use CP/IP (RFC 1149 ).

    You'll get great bandwidth, especially during migratgory seasons.

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