[ridetoofast]

opinions please
only option i have for conventional intraweeb is (gag) dial up
so im looking into satellite wildblue and hughes (formerly directway)
havent committed yet

 

[punkassean]

could you use satellite web to connect while driving? That would super sweet.

 

[Toshi]

could you use satellite web to connect while driving? That would super sweet.

you can use GPRS via Bluetooth while driving . i think satellite would have problems with movement, but i'm just making that up

 

[fluff]

Not used it personally but I was part of a project installing it at some very remote Lifeboat Stations and I understand that it works OK. It tends to be expensive and will be subject to degradation from certain atmospheric conditions (solar flares, for example).

 

[fluff]

you can use GPRS via Bluetooth while driving . i think satellite would have problems with movement, but i'm just making that up

GPS seems to cope?

 

[Barbaton]

Sat tends to have pretty high datarates, but also high latency (back and forth signal to a geo-stat satellite). Pretty good if you don't need lots of fast interactions, like if you're gaming or something. Course it's still better than dialup.

 

[Barbaton]

oh, and I've seen RVs and a tourbus that have sat internet so i guess it can be done mobiley. (is that a word?)

 

[LOOnatic]

I have the Hughes on my RV (yeah i live in an RV) and so i all in all it is NO WAY really broadband high speed like cable.

 

[fluff]

I'll second the latency comments, at least 1/2 second longer (round trip) than terrestrial broadband

 

[BrokenChain]

Where I work, satellite is the only option other than dial up. We had Hughes for less than a week. Whenever there was an issue, and my boss called their "tech support" if the person he reached couldn't answer his problem, the call was terminated by Hughes. Absolutely no help whatsoever. We've had Wild Blue for about 6 weeks now, and had only one issue accessing email, and their tech support got us going right away.

 

[ridetoofast]

thanks for the heads up. just bought my wildblue dish/modem and should have service by next week sometime.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I've got WildBlue. It's not bad...the weather messes with the connection occasionally and it's pretty expensive. As far as downloading files and whatnot it ticks along pretty well. After having cable for 2 years then moving to the middle of nowhere and having to go back to dial-up the satellite was a godsend.

 

[DirtyDog]

oh, and I've seen RVs and a tourbus that have sat internet so i guess it can be done mobiley. (is that a word?)

The FCC doesn't allow satelite data transmission from moving vehicles. It works, but you have to be parked.