[TriLUG] anyone using Wild Blue satellite?

[Tarus Balog]

On Aug 1, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Greg Brown wrote:

> http://www.wildblue.com/
>
> I would like to know what you think about the service, does it work
> with VPN clients, and would you suggest this service to someone who
> has no access to DSL or cable?

Hrm. As someone without high speed at the house, I'm always looking  
for possibilities (luckily I have 10MB to TW's SONET ring at the  
office in town).

I suffered with DirecPC for three years, but dropped them due to poor  
service, unrealistic limitation on traffic and the whole smart card  
debacle.

I've been looking at Starband (http://www.starband.com) and while  
I've heard good things about them, they are too expensive.

Wildblue is half the price of Starband, and it is also apparently  
part of NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative) with is  
a pretty respected organization (I used to help manage their  
network). I would love it if it works.

-T

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