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cable or satellite
I have a question, Which do you prefer, cable or satellite for your internet service? I have DSL through AT&T right now, (not happy with it lately) but will be making a change later this week.
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The only cable provider in my area is Comcast - not my favorite company to deal with, to put it mildly. Unfortunately it seems like I am stuck with them as I do not have a "land" phone line in my home, so that rules out DSL.
I last looked into satellite access about a year or so back, the only viable option at the time was DIRECWAY/HughesNet. Considering their prices, access speed, and bandwidth limitations, it was not a good value at all. Has satellite service improved much in the last year?
Also, what about wireless internet service providers?
The earlier satellite internet connections were spotty...kind of like satellite TV...the littlest thing would shut you down. I haven`t had satellite in a while...except for TV...which seems to have a much more sturdy standing than it use to...I don`t lose my TV connection very often at all...100 ml/hr winds was the last time I saw it out!
Would love to know how others are fairing with it though...I have been curious since starting to see ads on TV for it again!
Satellite connection speeds will be considerably less than cable or dsl. As much as 10 times slower. Depending on how you use your internet connection this could be a real detriment but on the other hand.... living wherever you choose has its advantages
Upload speeds of HughesNet Home are just over twice as fast as dialup`s 54 kbps at 128 kbps and their Professional Service is only 200 kbps. Remember these are MAX connection speeds and depending upon the number of users this can slow dramatically at any given time. If you are a company that regularly needs to upload high bandwidth content such as music, video or large spreadsheets you may as well locate your office on the waterfront so you can get some fishing time in while you wait for things to upload.
Download speeds are 780 kbps and 1,000 kbps which is closer to the speeds you`d see with dsl. Download times for cable are very dynamic depending on the number of simultaneous users on your particular node but can be as high as10,000 kbps.
I just recently dropped my cable internet connection in favor of strictly dsl (I subscribed to both as a redundancy measure) One of my associates still has dialup and every time he complains about the eternity it takes to get anything done... I tell him I have a solution... it`s spelled R-E-A-L-T-O-R
As with anything there are tradeoffs.... dsl is now my choice but if my next home has a well stocked bass pond, few neighbors and a glorious view, I`ll buy a new bass rod when i put in my order for satellite internet.
I have Verizon wireless for my cell...but I use a dryloop for my DSL...don`t have regular phone service...don`t ever use a regular phone. I have been very pleased so far. I just got my stuff to create the wireless in the home...but haven`t hooked it up yet. I didn`t realize Verizon DSL had a wireless option beyond me getting the stuff to create my own wireless!?