We use a direct way setup for our emergency response communications and some local high speed multimedia needs. Since our station isnt stationary we had a person attend their instillation training and then come back to teach us what he learned. Most people that have major packet loss just have bad reception. While we have never played games, we Have transferred VoIP communications and emergency mailing with little trouble.
the key is a proper setup. i believe most instillation technicians do not do a very good job with this, probably because it isnt easy. for us, we must obtain our precise location using GPS, call their operations number over a satellite phone, give them our cords, wait for them to open a channel for us, and then carefully aim the dishes and adjust polarity to the information they calculate. there are systems that do this automatically in under 10 minutes but we can not afford them. in good conditions it takes us about a half hour to complete.
as for weather interference its all about the condition of the dishes. if you shell the dish properly you shouldnt have any problem. we have had very nice dB gain during some pretty nasty storms.
if you can justify the price and dont expect it to be the greatest thing on earth then you might want to give it a try. realistically it is a very good service. people fail to consider the complexity of its nature and expect it to be better than is possible.
Whats holding up broadband in the US? If you have SWBell or IPC they probibly have a strip of duct tape keeping your DSLAM to the rack and bubble gun at the splice.
Dont give up. Go to your local ISP. I was just a few months past 16 when i started working for the largest ISP in Texas. Now alitle over a year later im a supervisor for the DSL department and i have my eye on a place in NOCC. Most local ISPs know that any monkey with some cash can get an MCSE or CNE.
If you still cant find a job try contract work. You would be amazed at the money you can make for running cat5 all over a house and setting up a network.
Uh... Yeah. No. Im 17 now and have been working as a supervisor in an ISP for over a year now. When i think back to when i was 15 I remember learning Perl and trying to get a 21inch monitor for my sun box. (and talking to 15 year old girls on AIM). Yes, many of the teens on the net are just downloading p0rn and playing video games, but not all of them. I know a 14 year old that is working on his own distro of linux. (it may not be very good but hes makeing the effort) Yes, there are a few script kiddies around running NetBus and BackOrphice but they eventualy find better things to do with their time. Im not saying every kid on the net is a model programmer, im just saying that they are out there, and stereotyping them isnt too fair.
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We use a direct way setup for our emergency response communications and some local high speed multimedia needs. Since our station isnt stationary we had a person attend their instillation training and then come back to teach us what he learned. Most people that have major packet loss just have bad reception. While we have never played games, we Have transferred VoIP communications and emergency mailing with little trouble.
the key is a proper setup. i believe most instillation technicians do not do a very good job with this, probably because it isnt easy. for us, we must obtain our precise location using GPS, call their operations number over a satellite phone, give them our cords, wait for them to open a channel for us, and then carefully aim the dishes and adjust polarity to the information they calculate. there are systems that do this automatically in under 10 minutes but we can not afford them. in good conditions it takes us about a half hour to complete.
as for weather interference its all about the condition of the dishes. if you shell the dish properly you shouldnt have any problem. we have had very nice dB gain during some pretty nasty storms.
if you can justify the price and dont expect it to be the greatest thing on earth then you might want to give it a try. realistically it is a very good service. people fail to consider the complexity of its nature and expect it to be better than is possible.
great, all we need is more equipment to setup at a concert.
I doubt many people would actually want them. Even when professional done, live recordings are almost always sub-par.
Whats holding up broadband in the US? If you have SWBell or IPC they probibly have a strip of duct tape keeping your DSLAM to the rack and bubble gun at the splice.
Dont give up. Go to your local ISP. I was just a few months past 16 when i started working for the largest ISP in Texas. Now alitle over a year later im a supervisor for the DSL department and i have my eye on a place in NOCC. Most local ISPs know that any monkey with some cash can get an MCSE or CNE.
If you still cant find a job try contract work. You would be amazed at the money you can make for running cat5 all over a house and setting up a network.
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Uh... Yeah. No. Im 17 now and have been working as a supervisor in an ISP for over a year now. When i think back to when i was 15 I remember learning Perl and trying to get a 21inch monitor for my sun box. (and talking to 15 year old girls on AIM). Yes, many of the teens on the net are just downloading p0rn and playing video games, but not all of them. I know a 14 year old that is working on his own distro of linux. (it may not be very good but hes makeing the effort) Yes, there are a few script kiddies around running NetBus and BackOrphice but they eventualy find better things to do with their time. Im not saying every kid on the net is a model programmer, im just saying that they are out there, and stereotyping them isnt too fair.