Free Satellite System

Skywise wrote in
. 77.206:

"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola
We did the Dish deal last year when our new home was built in a
very rural area, no cable was available.
Set it up through Radioshack. $49 down, $49 per month for 2
years. 1-18" dish, 4 receivers. The house was already wired
with coax throughout, so the installers job was easy. We're
happy with everything so far, get probably around 150 channels
including local. Now, don't get me started on the calamity
involved with getting Directway Internet satellite connected.
Oh man, what a disaster......

Followup set to sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe since that's
where I'm at.

Actually, I'd be interested in your experience with Directway
as in my location it's currently my only option at a high speed
connection. Funny too since I live in the middle of the LA
suburbs.

Brian


No HSI cable, no DSL, no wireless... and in LA?

--
The Traveler,
Oceanside, California

Skywise wrote in
. 77.206:

"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola
We did the Dish deal last year when our new home was built in a
very rural area, no cable was available.
Set it up through Radioshack. $49 down, $49 per month for 2
years. 1-18" dish, 4 receivers. The house was already wired
with coax throughout, so the installers job was easy. We're
happy with everything so far, get probably around 150 channels
including local. Now, don't get me started on the calamity
involved with getting Directway Internet satellite connected.
Oh man, what a disaster......

Followup set to sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe since that's
where I'm at.

Actually, I'd be interested in your experience with Directway
as in my location it's currently my only option at a high speed
connection. Funny too since I live in the middle of the LA
suburbs.

Brian


No HSI cable, no DSL, no wireless... and in LA?

--
The Traveler,
Oceanside, California

The Traveler wrote in
:

Snipola

No HSI cable, no DSL, no wireless... and in LA?


My residence is technically a business location.
I live onsite at a self storage company.

Too far from switch for DSL.

No cable line on my side of the street and the
cable company won't run a cable for one customer.

I had not considered wireless, but I'd have to
know that the connection is encrypted to prevent
mobile sniffers from gaining access to my data
stream. Yes, I'm paranoid.

Brian

The Traveler wrote in
:

Snipola

No HSI cable, no DSL, no wireless... and in LA?


My residence is technically a business location.
I live onsite at a self storage company.

Too far from switch for DSL.

No cable line on my side of the street and the
cable company won't run a cable for one customer.

I had not considered wireless, but I'd have to
know that the connection is encrypted to prevent
mobile sniffers from gaining access to my data
stream. Yes, I'm paranoid.

Brian

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola
We did the Dish deal last year when our new home was built in a very
rural
area, no cable was available.
Set it up through Radioshack. $49 down, $49 per month for 2 years. 1-18"
dish, 4 receivers. The house was already wired with coax throughout, so
the
installers job was easy. We're happy with everything so far, get
probably
around 150 channels including local.
Now, don't get me started on the calamity involved with getting
Directway
Internet satellite connected. Oh man, what a disaster......

Followup set to sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe since that's
where I'm at.

Actually, I'd be interested in your experience with Directway
as in my location it's currently my only option at a high speed
connection. Funny too since I live in the middle of the LA
suburbs.

Hey Brian.
Well, its been over a month and still not Directway satellite. They
installed a large pole (3" dia) on the roof and a couple of coaxs hanging
down to the ground.
I've called them several times but they keep putting people on the phone
that don't speak english, and no one knows whats going on, and then they
place me on hold for 15 mins. arrrgh
I tried to call them yesterday and cancel but was told I had to wait 30 mins
to speak with a representative. As of yet they haven't extracted any money
from my bank account.
Today I found a guy in a city 30 miles from here that will gladly install
Starband early next week. He said he also installs Directway stuff, but they
are going down. Their technology is flawed. So, I gave him my card number
and set the deal, at least he spoke english and didn't put me on hold. This
time next week, he assured me, I will be crusing the web like 4 m.f. I can't
wait to tell this dialup to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Where are you at in LA? I used to live in Lomita and Torrance, used to hang
at the Strand, worked at Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long
ago, when I was a young buck.

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola
We did the Dish deal last year when our new home was built in a very
rural
area, no cable was available.
Set it up through Radioshack. $49 down, $49 per month for 2 years. 1-18"
dish, 4 receivers. The house was already wired with coax throughout, so
the
installers job was easy. We're happy with everything so far, get
probably
around 150 channels including local.
Now, don't get me started on the calamity involved with getting
Directway
Internet satellite connected. Oh man, what a disaster......

Followup set to sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe since that's
where I'm at.

Actually, I'd be interested in your experience with Directway
as in my location it's currently my only option at a high speed
connection. Funny too since I live in the middle of the LA
suburbs.

Hey Brian.
Well, its been over a month and still not Directway satellite. They
installed a large pole (3" dia) on the roof and a couple of coaxs hanging
down to the ground.
I've called them several times but they keep putting people on the phone
that don't speak english, and no one knows whats going on, and then they
place me on hold for 15 mins. arrrgh
I tried to call them yesterday and cancel but was told I had to wait 30 mins
to speak with a representative. As of yet they haven't extracted any money
from my bank account.
Today I found a guy in a city 30 miles from here that will gladly install
Starband early next week. He said he also installs Directway stuff, but they
are going down. Their technology is flawed. So, I gave him my card number
and set the deal, at least he spoke english and didn't put me on hold. This
time next week, he assured me, I will be crusing the web like 4 m.f. I can't
wait to tell this dialup to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Where are you at in LA? I used to live in Lomita and Torrance, used to hang
at the Strand, worked at Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long
ago, when I was a young buck.

"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola of tale of poor customer service

That really sucks....I'd rather stick with dial-up than go
through that kind of crap.

Where are you at in LA? I used to live in
Lomita and Torrance, used to hang at the Strand, worked at
Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long ago, when I was a
young buck.

I'm actually in North Orange County, a few miles west of
Dismal-land, the Tragic Kingdom.

Brian

"Don" wrote in
:

Snipola of tale of poor customer service

That really sucks....I'd rather stick with dial-up than go
through that kind of crap.

Where are you at in LA? I used to live in
Lomita and Torrance, used to hang at the Strand, worked at
Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long ago, when I was a
young buck.

I'm actually in North Orange County, a few miles west of
Dismal-land, the Tragic Kingdom.

Brian

"Skywise" wrote
"Don" wrote in
Snipola of tale of poor customer service

That really sucks....I'd rather stick with dial-up than go
through that kind of crap.

Same here, and this is a really bad dialup. Can't get on at all some days.
Poor dialup and poor phone lines. Thanks Sprint.
Check out Starband if you get the chance. They are based on a technology
developed in Israel and they stay on top of it.
I can't really give a recommendation at this point as it hasn't been
installed yet, but I am optomistic.

Where are you at in LA? I used to live in
Lomita and Torrance, used to hang at the Strand, worked at
Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long ago, when I was a
young buck.

I'm actually in North Orange County, a few miles west of
Dismal-land, the Tragic Kingdom.

I ventured up that way once, went to Knotts Berry Farm, saw Chuck Berry play
& do his *chicken walk*, back in 1980.

Best,
Don

"Skywise" wrote
"Don" wrote in
Snipola of tale of poor customer service

That really sucks....I'd rather stick with dial-up than go
through that kind of crap.

Same here, and this is a really bad dialup. Can't get on at all some days.
Poor dialup and poor phone lines. Thanks Sprint.
Check out Starband if you get the chance. They are based on a technology
developed in Israel and they stay on top of it.
I can't really give a recommendation at this point as it hasn't been
installed yet, but I am optomistic.

Where are you at in LA? I used to live in
Lomita and Torrance, used to hang at the Strand, worked at
Martin-Marrietta on Western Av. That was long, long ago, when I was a
young buck.

I'm actually in North Orange County, a few miles west of
Dismal-land, the Tragic Kingdom.

I ventured up that way once, went to Knotts Berry Farm, saw Chuck Berry play
& do his *chicken walk*, back in 1980.

Best,
Don