Just my opinion, but if If I were to do sattelite... I
would go from the source, DirecWay. The main reason
being that they do update their software quite a bit.
Oh, and they are $10/mo cheaper than all the
resellers. Equip is all basically the same. They also
have a router that is in beta testing now, it will
eliminate the need for a Windows box. Word is it
should be released towards the end of the year.

Just remember about sattelite... Latency SUCKS BAD!!!
Forget about online gaming. Their FAP policy (
http://two-wayupgrade.direcway.com/fap.html ) is
insane as well. If you can live with those, or its
your only shot at broadband then its not that bad. I
work (for three more days) for one of the resellers,
if you want to know any other things, just drop me a
mail.

--- Chris Bier <chris.bier@cymor.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> A friend of mine uses VMWare to run a NT install
> running starband and
> use it as a firewall for the rest of his network. 
> It works pretty well.
> 
> On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 14:55, crash3m@trelane.net
> wrote:
> > Problem with starband is I'd have to install
> windows. It would work
> > but well...your a linux guy you know where I'm
> coming from. :)
> > 
> > ML
> > 
> > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:40:51 -0700
> > DCT Jared Smith <jared@dctkc.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > >If you get really stuck, Starband seems to be a
> viable option.
> > > 
> > > Our company was located outside the
> cable/digital
> > > networks for a while and Starband was our only
> option.
> > > 
> > > If you have no other alternative, it's great.
> There is a
> > > lag time for every connection because your
> signals
> > > travel dozens of thousands of miles, and it
> doesn't work 
> > > too well in bad weather. Btw, we found you can
> run a 
> > > network through it, if you reconfigure it a
> little bit...
> > > 
> > > http://www.kclug.org/reviews/starband.shtml
> > > 
> > > -jds
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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