[Tfug] why not cable?

William Stott wstott at ventanamed.com
Wed Sep 13 10:42:23 MST 2006


RushD:

I used to live out in that area. You can call AT&T or Qwest and get ISDN
(128kbps) where you are at, but I do not know that cost as the company I
work for paid for it. Just an option for you.

Will


On 9/13/06 10:11 AM, "Ammon Lauritzen" <ammon at simud.org> wrote:

> RushD wrote:
>> > I have Hughes Satellite, which used to be DirecWay Satellite. It
>> > originally cost $99 /month for 15 months with $200 installation
>> > charge. It is now $59. I've had it for about 2 years now and it is
>> > ok. I have no copper POT connection so DSL or even cable are out of
>> > the question, I am out in 3 Points, pretty remote.
> 
> For $60/mo at 14kbps... It'd be faster to get four extra phone lines and
> do some dialup connection bonding or something. Not terribly feasable,
> but danged if it wouldn't increase your geek cred for figuring something
> like that out :P
> 
> Is there any other wireless type access available in your area?
> 
> Ammon
> 
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