envirojeff Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Your comments please. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Pros: Better than dialup if you can't get cable or (preferably) DSL Cons: EXPENSIVE, high latency (meaning it doesn't work all that well with online games), not as fast as cable/DSL. I'm assuming you're talking about DirecTV's DirecWay internet access? I don't think Dish network has internet, but I could be mistaken. I'm sure the pros/cons would be the same though. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Pros- blazingly fast download - Available in rural areas Cons- Succeptible to weather-related outages - Uploads using a phone line - High latency (lag) means it's not good for gaming - expensive IMO, you'd be better served to look into cable internet ot dsl if available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 - Uploads using a phone line Actually, DirecTV has a two-way sattelite internet system now so you don't need the phone for uploading anymore. Everything else is right on though. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 I live in the sticks, There's no DSL just dial-up. I guess the next question is would you take directway over dial-up? Jeff Thanks for the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I live in the sticks, There's no DSL just dial-up. I guess the next question is would you take directway over dial-up? Jeff Thanks for the advice! 55552[/snapback] Possibly... But I think the hardware is VERY expensive -- $1,000 or so last time I heard. Monthly charges are roughly $100/month. That's a lot of money... You might be better off looking at getting an ISDN line. They're generally much cheaper ($50/month). However, the speed is generally 128k (MAYBE up to 256k). Much better than dialup (since on dialup you generally don't get better than 28-36k), and much cheaper. But not blazingly fast. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 Believe it or not, all I can use is dial-up. I quess I'm lucky to have that. I could have two tomato cans and a string? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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