Satellite internet question [RE-wrenches]

Tue Feb 7 07:17:49 PST 2006

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Wrenches - 

We've been using the Direcway 6000 system here for about a year and half.
Speed is frustrating after a visit to town but vastly better than our
dial-up option. The most noticable hassle is that we can't get good
streaming video or high bandwidth radio stations. Service in Canada has
been reasonably good. Once we needed to have the satellite reaimed which
was a hassle but the service provider paid for the service call.

Power consumption is pretty reasonable but certainly noticable. We have had
very little down time. We had no difficulty installing Mac or Windows
computers on the system.

Our island is looking into a wireless WAN, I'll keep you all posted if it
proves to be feasable from an energy and financial perspective.

Cheers

Ezra Auerbach
DragonSun Consulting

----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar <ozsolar at ipa.net>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:30:51 PM
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Subject: RE: Satellite internet question [RE-wrenches]

> Hello Brian,
> 
> I'm not sure what was out in 04.  We got Direcway with a DW6000 Modem
about
> a year ago.  ~600k down load and 15k up load (yes that's all for up load).
> I believe before DW6000 that you couldn't upload with the Direcway system.
> You still had to have a phone line for upload.
> 
> We recently upgraded to the DW7000 modem and have increased to a little
over
> 1000k download and 50k uploads.
> 
> We can have three users on the web simultaneously.  They are some issues
> with VPN's but I'm sure just what they are.  I can tell you my wife works
> from home and logs on to her company's server from our house via Direcway.
> The IT guys had to do some work to get the two talking but for the most
part
> it's pretty smooth.
> 
> Direct is the slowest and most expensive of the high speed internets but
it
> great if it's all you can get.  Lately a few of our off grid customers
have
> able to do the line of site stuff to a nearby town.  One is about 10 miles
> out.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Travis Creswell
> Ozark Energy Services
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Vick [mailto:brian at whidbeysunwind.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:13 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Re: Satellite internet question [RE-wrenches]
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> Wrenches,
> 
>   Way back in Aug of '04 their was some talk about satellite broadband on 
> the list and a couple of folks said to wait for Wildblue instead of
Starband
> 
> or Direcway. Have opinions changed? We are searching for good feedback on 
> any of the choices. Online reviews swing from great to horrible on
services,
> 
> so I am reluctant to believe them. Is there specific hardware or system
we 
> should look at over another?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> BRIAN VICK
> Whidbey Sun & Wind
> Renewable Energy Systems
> 360-678-7131
> brian at whidbeysunwind.com
> 987 Wanamaker Rd
> Coupeville, WA. 98239 
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