Cob: satellite internet-dissatisfied customer

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Hello hello
  Satellite internet still has quite a ways to go.  Not to mention the blatently corrupt corporations behind it.
  I've been a DirecWay subscriber (and regretted it almost from the beginning) for almost a year, right now I'm just waiting for our subscription to run out (in March) because it costs more to cancel than to let it run out...
  To sum up, it's ALMOST more trouble (and definitely more cost) than it's worth.  Dial-up is currently the only other option where we are located, but we will be glad to get back to it after this satellite nightmare.  Web browsing is slower than dial-up, while downloads are only somewhat faster and uploads are painfully slow.  If you have no other options for internet connectivity, it would suffice.  We're personally going to wait for DSL or cable to become available here.  Maybe it will work like they claim it should in 5 years or so?
  FWIW

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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:42:33  
 Amanda Peck wrote:
>If there's anything more in the way of satellite internet than what we had a 
>year or so ago, when the guy looked at my land, said nope, can't get 45 
>degrees to the south, held his arm in a heil hitler salute (twenty-two 
>degrees?), and walked off.
>
>Since then I've been told it's not perfect, but....
>
>I'd be interested.
>
>Abe and Adam are talking about this kind of stuff like this--snipped and 
>snipped again:
>
>modern conveniences like High
> > speed satellite internet
> > access, propane refrigeration, electric lights, etc.
>



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