o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
12-17-2005, 02:29 AM
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Re: o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
Hi Earle,
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
12-17-2005, 02:29 AM
#42
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Re: o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
Hi Earle,
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
12-17-2005, 02:29 AM
#43
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Re: o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
Hi Earle,
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either. It
> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter, so
> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they want
> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their servers,
> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>
> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed faithfully
> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a phone
> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been down,
> I simply used the phone to connect.
>
> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
> doesn't?
>
> Earle
12-17-2005, 07:26 AM
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Re: o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43A3BE6F.8548F310@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
12-17-2005, 07:26 AM
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Re: o.t any opinions on sbc dsl service????
You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43A3BE6F.8548F310@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
12-17-2005, 07:26 AM
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You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43A3BE6F.8548F310@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43A3BE6F.8548F310@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Thanks. And yes, I didn't want to start a fight with my Son's
> Mother-in-law, which was apparently correct anyway. :-(
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I had StarBand at first, which doesn't use a phone return line either.
>> It
>> was nothing but problems. Your local installation is also a transmitter,
>> so
>> you have to have a "certified installer" install it. Where I live they
>> want
>> $100 just to drive out there. The big problem is that with satellite
>> return, the delay to ping somebody on the net is at least a half second,
>> more like a whole second in practice. Lots of servers (web sites mostly)
>> have problems with that. StarBand used caching software on their
>> servers,
>> to try to make up for this lack. It was crashing and overloading all the
>> time, and it appears also that the company had a habit of oversubscribing
>> and thereby overloading the servers. I have heard that the DirecWay
>> satellite return systems are prone to the same sort of problems.
>>
>> I finally got fed up and bought a DirecWay phone line system (old name
>> DirecPC) just before they stopped selling them. It has performed
>> faithfully
>> and with very few interruptions for more than three years. It uses a
>> phone
>> line for upload, but what the Hell. On the very few times it has been
>> down,
>> I simply used the phone to connect.
>>
>> I wonder why Spanish has a word for "Son's Mother-in-law" but English
>> doesn't?
>>
>> Earle
12-17-2005, 10:14 PM
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I prefer she not be right. As I didn't think it was legal for an
unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
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billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
> --
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unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
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billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
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I prefer she not be right. As I didn't think it was legal for an
unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@fuseSPAM.net (Remove the SPAM)
> 2002 WJ Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
> Helping is why we are all here on RAMJ+W, or should be.
unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
> --
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12-17-2005, 10:14 PM
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I prefer she not be right. As I didn't think it was legal for an
unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
> --
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> 2002 WJ Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
> Helping is why we are all here on RAMJ+W, or should be.
unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
billy ray wrote:
>
> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>
> --
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12-17-2005, 11:46 PM
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I probably do not know what this is all about, *but* I am on Starband
satellite, and when I press the "send" button the message goes out from my
antenna to the satellite. Starband has the license and I am "leasing" a
portion of their bandwidth. Same with the satellite phone I had overseas.
The license is for the frequency, whether the transmitter sends to a
satellite or a terrestrial tower. The user is, by extension, granted a
license by the company that has the frequency rights. But maybe I probably
do not know what the situation is?
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> I prefer she not be right. As I didn't think it was legal for an
> unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> billy ray wrote:
>>
>> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>>
>> --
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>> 2002 WJ Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
>> Helping is why we are all here on RAMJ+W, or should be.
satellite, and when I press the "send" button the message goes out from my
antenna to the satellite. Starband has the license and I am "leasing" a
portion of their bandwidth. Same with the satellite phone I had overseas.
The license is for the frequency, whether the transmitter sends to a
satellite or a terrestrial tower. The user is, by extension, granted a
license by the company that has the frequency rights. But maybe I probably
do not know what the situation is?
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43A4D40E.D07792F6@***.net...
> I prefer she not be right. As I didn't think it was legal for an
> unlicensed civilian to transmit to a satellite.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> billy ray wrote:
>>
>> You prefer disagreements with your son's mother?
>>
>> --
>> Billy_Ray@fuseSPAM.net (Remove the SPAM)
>> 2002 WJ Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
>> Helping is why we are all here on RAMJ+W, or should be.