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Author Topic: Satellite Internet Connection Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-14-2003 10:32 PM                     Does anyone here use there Satellite for internet connection? I have a Direct TV & am considering using it for my internet connection. I am wondering if anyone has it/had it & if it has any problems with signals reception & speed. Also compared to a basic broadband subscription, which is better? Please note that I only use the internet for basic surfing & music downloading but my MSN only likes to connect at 24.0 kbps, I just want something faster.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-14-2003 10:42 PM                     Don't do it. Download speed is in the neighborhood of 150K, but upload speed is only 56K or less (we were getting 30K). We had ours here at the theater through Dish Network and dumped it as soon as our ticketing system was up and running on DSL.  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-14-2003 11:18 PM                     Adam said: quote: Don't do it. Download speed is in the neighborhood of 150K, 150k !! Right now were downloading at 5k. I cant imagine 150k!  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-15-2003 12:50 AM                        Satellite is also very laggy. Meaning while the download speeds seem "quick" by the time they are going, it may be awhile from the time you actually click on a link until anything actually happens.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-15-2003 01:27 AM                     Keep in mind that download speed also depends on upload speed in that your computer has to return a checksum for each packet received. So, if you have a really crappy upload speed, it will adversely affect your download. And you're also uploading when you send emails, etc., but you probably already knew all that. Dish Network actually contracts to Starband for satellite access. Starband booted us off the network a couple of times for someone with our IP address trying to "hack into their system". Um, yeah, whatever.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-15-2003 01:46 AM                     DirecWay satellite internet is ludicrously expensive compared to cable and DSL. Avoid it like the plague! -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-15-2003 02:24 AM                        24.0kbps! I wish I could connect at that speed when using dial-up during the summer.  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-15-2003 03:41 AM                     I'm also curious if it's affected by weather. For example: when it's a bad storm I always get a less than perfect DirectTV signal, So am I right assuming that the internet connection would be affected too?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2003 05:03 AM                        From what I've seen of it, the Directv picture is far less than perfect even in good weather. The compression artifacts drive me nuts, especially for sports programming.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-15-2003 05:36 AM                     Yes, the weather also affects the Rx/Tx of your internet connection. Ironically, every time Starband thought we were scanning their network, we were in the middle of a big storm. And the satellite connection would drop out for hours in the middle of the sunniest Northern California day, too. All of this was happening with no noticable difference in the television signal coming in for the lobby monitors. Now we get 192k up and down on the cheap DSL connection in the box office. At home, I can get a DSL line with 384 up and 1.5Mb down +/-. You mentioned "5k" earlier and compared it to my 150k. You're likely seeing 5 kiloBYTES there and I'm seeing 150 kiloBITS. Multiply your number by 8 to compare properly.  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 01-15-2003 09:34 AM                        Too bad satellite is the only option for those of us who live in the country. No cable, no DSL, and very very crappy dial up. I think I will be biting the bullet and buying satellite as soon as we move into our new house in about a month. BTW, the theatre has satellite to maintain the website and seems to very pretty stable and fairly fast.. but no comparison to a T1 or anything like that.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2003 09:59 AM                        I've considered satellite internet, but always choked at the expense and limitations. I would want to use it for hosting my own web site but the last time I checked you couldn't do that. So then I think to myself "how fast do I really NEED to surf the net?" Right now my connect speed is 26.4 rarely I get 28.8. Would it be worth the money? I keep answering no to that question. The phone company says we're do for an upgrade to "DSL capable" in 12-24 months (sure)  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-15-2003 11:18 AM                        Satellite internet should be your "last resort". It's expensive, and it has technical limitations due to lag time transmitting & receiving. And yes it can be interrupted by weather. DirectWay specifically mentions (or at least they did 6 months ago) that satellite is not good for online gaming or other real-time 2-way uses due to latency or delay issues. If I lived in the country and had no other options, I would do it, but if you can get DSL, cable, or wireless, those should be your first choice.  |  IP: Logged Kris Brunton Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Napanee, Ontario, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-16-2003 08:44 AM                     Due to our location being on the fring area of Bell High Speed we recently installed LinkSat for our internet at the office. Download and Upload is from the dish. As Joe mentioned earlier it is very laggy. For surfing it is just a bit better than dialup. Downloading is great and extremly fast(for us that just finally come out of the dial up world.) The only other problem is that whenever it snow's someone has to make the climb to the roof and use our trusty satelite repair tool. (Broom) I belive the LinkSat uses a Hughes Satelite.  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-17-2003 12:48 AM                     I'm in an area that can't get anything except satellite service,(besides dial-up) is it worth the extra cost or should I just settle with the dial-up? Kris - About how much do you pay monthly?  |  IP: Logged

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