Re: [OT] Satellite

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61459
interpreted = N
texte = Well Starband said no webserving ... but I did use it for personal serving, sort of a test bed when away from home. I could also grab a forgotten file, etc. One interesting speed component was that the upload was not always testing quickly. It is also affected easily by the atomspheric conditions a couple time per year AND heavy rain or snow. (don't know what your weather is like) Also like all dish units it does get snowy in the winter blown stuff and you might need to 'slippery treat' the surface and brush it off. The upload power is FCC regulated and is easily blocked. The dish is larger than the normal 18" dish units and 'must' be installed by a qualified installer. I had the combo unit for TV and internet. Rich PS. I also ran a CNBC audio stream when away at a low bitrate. It works great. (I kept waiting for them to shut me down for sending all that continuous data!) Never did. ----- Original Message ----- > > Interesting insight. I suppose the travel from your dish to the satalite > to the hub is a given static time that is hard to improve on. > > Starband is claiming upload speeds of up to 128Kbps on the > "telecomunicator" > package. > > However, Starband says no webserving where I don't see that > restriction on the two Direcway options. > > The direcway lists Upload as up to 100 Kbps and has a "Max no. of > connections" > of 30 and 45 depending on which package you use. (I suppose that means > simoltanious connections) > > For a home office project webserver I'm sure this would be just fine. It > may also be fine for small to mid scale commerce servers that are not > heavily > trafficed, but Satellite in general (at this point) doesn't look to be an > ideal means of web serving from what I can tell. > > > Donovan > > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design > <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> > <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> > > ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke > DBA Eucalyptus Design > N2862 Summerville Park Rd. > Lodi, WI 53555 > PH:> 1.608.592.3567 > Web:> http://www.euca.us > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] Satellite ( "Christian F. Gurney" 2005)
  2. Re: [OT] Satellite ( "RichC" 2005)
  3. Re: [OT] Satellite ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
  4. Re: [OT] Satellite ( "RichC" 2005)
  5. [OT] Satellite ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
Well Starband said no webserving ... but I did use it for personal serving, sort of a test bed when away from home. I could also grab a forgotten file, etc. One interesting speed component was that the upload was not always testing quickly. It is also affected easily by the atomspheric conditions a couple time per year AND heavy rain or snow. (don't know what your weather is like) Also like all dish units it does get snowy in the winter blown stuff and you might need to 'slippery treat' the surface and brush it off. The upload power is FCC regulated and is easily blocked. The dish is larger than the normal 18" dish units and 'must' be installed by a qualified installer. I had the combo unit for TV and internet. Rich PS. I also ran a CNBC audio stream when away at a low bitrate. It works great. (I kept waiting for them to shut me down for sending all that continuous data!) Never did. ----- Original Message ----- > > Interesting insight. I suppose the travel from your dish to the satalite > to the hub is a given static time that is hard to improve on. > > Starband is claiming upload speeds of up to 128Kbps on the > "telecomunicator" > package. > > However, Starband says no webserving where I don't see that > restriction on the two Direcway options. > > The direcway lists Upload as up to 100 Kbps and has a "Max no. of > connections" > of 30 and 45 depending on which package you use. (I suppose that means > simoltanious connections) > > For a home office project webserver I'm sure this would be just fine. It > may also be fine for small to mid scale commerce servers that are not > heavily > trafficed, but Satellite in general (at this point) doesn't look to be an > ideal means of web serving from what I can tell. > > > Donovan > > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design > <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> > <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> > > ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke > DBA Eucalyptus Design > N2862 Summerville Park Rd. > Lodi, WI 53555 > PH:> 1.608.592.3567 > Web:> http://www.euca.us > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "RichC"

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