Entry 21364 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

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2025/05/24 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

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2001/5/25-27 [Computer/Networking] UID:21364 Activity:very high

5/25    My professor lives on a hilltop that doesn't get DSL or cable modem.
        Someone's recommended Hughes DirecPC satellite broadband for him.
        Anyone have any experience with this?  Thanks.
        \ a better deal may be starband.  see http://www.starband.com  DirecPC is
          modem one way (suck).   Satellite latency may be annoying though.
          \_ DirecPC says it's one-way through AOL, but Earthlink and Pegasus
             are two-way.  I'm not really sure about this whole satellite
             business.
             \_ Yes, it started one-way, but now it is two-way. --dim
          \_ Don't use starband! Their service is awful. I signed up in January,
             and the service only worked for a couple hours each day.
             latency is terrible, simple shell interaction drives you nuts.
             I had to switch to DSL. Customer service is also pathetic. -gosha
        \_ try sprint broadband wireless.  ask nevman
           \_ have heard good things about this... don't know specifics, sorry.
              I do know that DirecPC really sucks... the satellite latency is
              a huge pain.              - rory
        \_ Can't your prof do his own high speed research?  Why are you putting
           your ass kissing post on here?  Grad students....
        \ a better deal may be starband.  see http://www.starband.com  DirecPC is
          modem one way (suck).   Satellite latency may be annoying though.
          \_ DirecPC says it's one-way through AOL, but Earthlink and Pegasus
             are two-way.  I'm not really sure about this whole satellite
             business.
             \_ Yes, it started one-way, but now it is two-way. --dim
          \_ Don't use starband! Their service is awful. I signed up in January,
             and the service only worked for a couple hours each day.
             latency is terrible, simple shell interaction drives you nuts.
             I had to switch to DSL. Customer service is also pathetic. -gosha
        \_ try sprint broadband wireless.  ask nevman
           \_ have heard good things about this... don't know specifics, sorry.
              I do know that DirecPC really sucks... the satellite latency is
              a huge pain.              - rory
        \_ If he can see the Berkeley hills, try http://transbay.net's wireless
           service.  1.5mbit symmetric, I think.  And it's cheaper than
           comparable SDSL.

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transbay.netContact View of the Bay from Grizzly Peak Internet, Networking & Computer Services Low-Cost, High-Bandwidth Internet Service Most cost-effective place to colocate in the East Bay Championing the free UNIX systems, FreeBSD and Linux UC Telecommunications Company is * first in the Bay Area to offer Centrex ISDN (1996) * first west of the Rockies to run a commercial DSL line (1997) * first to advertise Wireless Internet in the Bay Area (1998) * first to advertise 5mbps Wireless Internet (2000) UC Telecommunications Company supplied Wireless Internet Access to FreeBSDCon in 1999 and supplied Wireless Data Transport for the David Brower memorial.