My boss hooked me up with DirecWay at my house, which is in the foothills of the Cascades in Washington State. It worked great at first: we were cruising along and downloading every huge file in sight. Then it went down for a few months. The techs couldn't figure out what the problem was. We switched to a different satellite with DirecWay.
Just last week, it finally began working again. We had hella snowstorms this week: service was not affected. There's a lag when you begin using the internet, but afterwards it's pretty smooth. If you've got the funds, I would recommend DirecWay.
The service may slow down a bit during the day. I remember it did when we first got the dish - it seems better now on the new satellite, but there could still be problems.
The installation is pretty easy, for me. The original modems (one TX, one RX) they gave us were USB, and the new modem/router we have is pretty neat. It connects via Ethernet; we configured the router attached to a single box, then took it off there and plugged it in to the switch and it worked right away.
The installation was kind of a pain in the ass, but not much. The techs were good people. The issue we had was that we needed to erect a tube and fill it with concrete, leaving a pipe sticking out for the satellite. Once we took care of that, we just had to run the coax into the house.
The service is a bit expensive, especially since you have to pay for the equipment (about $600 I believe.) You can pay this off incrementally on top of your regular bill. However, the installation was included and DirecWay has 24 hour tech support, albeit shitty tech support.
I haven't tried SSH, but I can when I get home...
The service isn't bad! We have five or six Windows PCs in my house and I feel we are very adequately supplied with bandwidth.
I don't remember if it was a PS1 or PS2 but the ball bearings fell out of its spinny thingie, and I got the idea to replace it with the one from my old, broken Discman. I'm not a particularly fix-it inclined guy, but it was pretty easy to do the transplant. The Playstation works fine to this day.
I'm sure an LCD bezel is less universal, but maybe you can find a replacement part off a junker.
It really makes one wonder where we would be if Goddard had restrictions on fuel sources and flight space or even where the Wright Bros. would be if they had to constantly check with local authorities every time they wanted to make a flight.
The Wright Brothers would be in the same place now regardless of the governmental regulations of 1903. Unless inventing airplanes is a condition for getting into heaven.
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Just last week, it finally began working again. We had hella snowstorms this week: service was not affected. There's a lag when you begin using the internet, but afterwards it's pretty smooth. If you've got the funds, I would recommend DirecWay.
- The service may slow down a bit during the day. I remember it did when we first got the dish - it seems better now on the new satellite, but there could still be problems.
- The installation is pretty easy, for me. The original modems (one TX, one RX) they gave us were USB, and the new modem/router we have is pretty neat. It connects via Ethernet; we configured the router attached to a single box, then took it off there and plugged it in to the switch and it worked right away.
- The installation was kind of a pain in the ass, but not much. The techs were good people. The issue we had was that we needed to erect a tube and fill it with concrete, leaving a pipe sticking out for the satellite. Once we took care of that, we just had to run the coax into the house.
- The service is a bit expensive, especially since you have to pay for the equipment (about $600 I believe.) You can pay this off incrementally on top of your regular bill. However, the installation was included and DirecWay has 24 hour tech support, albeit shitty tech support.
- I haven't tried SSH, but I can when I get home...
The service isn't bad! We have five or six Windows PCs in my house and I feel we are very adequately supplied with bandwidth.I don't remember if it was a PS1 or PS2 but the ball bearings fell out of its spinny thingie, and I got the idea to replace it with the one from my old, broken Discman. I'm not a particularly fix-it inclined guy, but it was pretty easy to do the transplant. The Playstation works fine to this day. I'm sure an LCD bezel is less universal, but maybe you can find a replacement part off a junker.
It really makes one wonder where we would be if Goddard had restrictions on fuel sources and flight space or even where the Wright Bros. would be if they had to constantly check with local authorities every time they wanted to make a flight.
The Wright Brothers would be in the same place now regardless of the governmental regulations of 1903. Unless inventing airplanes is a condition for getting into heaven.