how reliable is satellite Internet?
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Not very, not yet, those last two satalite launches (a few weeks ago) are going to make it better and, eventually, cheaper.\n\nThere's dead spots.  It's like using a cell phone....
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The church I attend has the Directway satellite connection.  At the beginning there were more problems with connection.  Though the connection seems to be pretty consistently up now, it is just seemingly slow.\n\nThere is another satellite ISP now called Wild Blue based out of Denver, and they provide service throughout most of US.  Their website has the information on equipment, installation, and monthly pricing.\n\nhttp://www.wildblue.com
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You can get sattelite internet.
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I have had B.T broadband for about four years now and never really had a problem with them. We run four separate computers on our system and although the bandwidth can get really busy and slow sometimes I have never had a dropped connection. At the moment I'm running at 5 Meg and pretty fast service. The technology is improving all the time.
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Disregard the first answer as he has no clue what the question is asking.\n\nI find OpenNIC to be very reliable, but it was somewhat slower than my ISP's name servers. I never had any problems with security and found it to be very reliable. I would recommend checking out the tutorial on my website to see how to use both the OpenNIC servers and your ISP's servers.\n\nHope this helps.
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If you have DSL available in your area I would say definitely go with it.  With satellite Internet you request has to go up thousands of miles up into space to a satellite, then down to their NOC(network operations center) fetch info. from Internet bring it back, beam it back up to satellite and back down to you waiting patiently on the other side.  One could see why there is latency.\n\nDSL is through the phone lines. It stands for digital subscriber line.  The phone company separates the analog voice from the digital information being sent that there is no conversion from digital to analog and analog back to digital as in regular dial up modems. Usually DSL uses PPOE in which you put in a username and password to initiate the connection but after that you can stay on.  I'm not sure if  all require usernames and passwords it all depends on the provider.\n\nBut definitely go with dsl unless you signed a contract with wild blue.
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I haven't used it but it is by far the cheapest satellite internet that I have found.
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Wildblue is another satellite ISP.  They are newer than Directway or Starband, and uses Ka band instead of Ku.  The service is not available everywhere yet, so you'd want to check out their website.\n\nThe 2nd link below will give you the pricing per month and installation/equipment costs.
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They are legitimate.  But I can see that they are a satellite ISP provider.  Use this only if there are no DSL or Cable companies in your area as satellite services (while faster than dial-up are slower than DSL or cable) especially with the value pack, Verizon DSL gets you 768kbps download and 128kpbs upload which is slightly faster than the value pack with WildBlue and Verizon is also much cheaper ($15 per month vs. $50 per month with WildBlue).  So check to see what other services are in your area before you jump on board with a satellite ISP, they tend to be overpriced for the services they provide.  But if you live in a small or out of the way town then you may not have a choice.\n\nCheck some other services below as well (for DSL and Cable).
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Will it "work,"  yes it works, but the quality may be slightly degraded and there will be a time delay.  The problem with DirecWAY is the 300ms delay that it takes for a packet to go from your computer to the satellite and then back down to the ISP.  If the other end of the connection is further away still, you can add another 60 to 200ms to that time.  You can read the links below and judge for your self.
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It is a broadband system over satelite systems.
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Our church (can't get DSL, and too costly to bring cable to the curb) has Directway.  It's worked, but just very slow.  We also had to spend a lot of money on the equipment.  I know there is another company now offering satellite ISP.  The link will give you the pricing for equipment, installation, and monthly service fee:\n\nhttp://www.wildblue.com/forYourHome/index.jsp
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Yes you might check into nextel or your cell phone provider.  Also a lot of the Direct tV USERS etc like my father has a satelitte dish and he gets internet from the dish.
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Google earth works really well...just have to download it....but it wont be in real time everytime you use it..it sounds like you want it for security purposes...that I guess you would need a keyhole satellite for!!!
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I don't think it's legal to build a device that uses existing satellites to give you internet without paying. If you are already connected to the internet via satellite the company that provides that service manages your bandwidth
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Goto camping world, i can remeber the name of the system right now, but they offer a satellite system for internet access. the setup will run you about 2000-4000 depending on your location. The monthly fee is out the window however, last time i looked it was about 150 per hour. so you might just rethink the whole internet thing. plus they wouldnt commit to what bandwidth was offered on thier web page, and in my experience that is NEVER a good thing.
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Not sure where you are, but you might want to check out "Free to Air" options....\nhttp://www.tech-faq.com/free-to-air-satellite.shtml\n\nThese receivers are available and easily programmable...\nhttp://dssftp.com/files/