RE: Re: Bit the bullet...

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I probably used it for a period of maybe twelve hours over a week ... I
wasn't impressed but remember that my main gripe where I am is that my
analogue line is so flakey. For example I had to try dialling up three
times
just now as I could connect to my ISP but I was just getting no data flow
once logged on and even when I do then I'm getting crap transfer rates ...
I
do work from home in the evenings and at weekends and so uploading speed is
important to me too.

Myself I was also concerned by the unreliability of the service as a whole
... maybe it was an early card, maybe it was early software, maybe my LNB
is
a pile of poop, naybe cats were peeing on the CT100 running up my garden
but
whatever it was it wasn't stable enough for my requirements. You tend only
to notice technology when it gets in the way of what you're trying to
achieve and this did. When it worked well it was great and if it worked
well
all the time then it would be fantastic for general web browsing and
downloading patches etc. but for me I couldn't rely on being able to forget
about it and just get on with the job in hand.

I can't comment on the pricing of the service ... remember I didn't pay for
it and neither did my mate. We just decided to have a play once his
employers had had a look.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 March 2001 16:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Bit the bullet...
>
>
> Phil,
>
> Apparently its now being done by the company at the link I put in
> an earlier
> post. On the face of it looks like a good deal as I can still use BT
Surf
> for the uplink and use the satellite for the downlink, giving me
off-peak
> access for a fixed cost with almost broadband speeds for downloading.
How
> good the service is, is really the crunch for it but at ?156 for a
year
> including the DVB card and the ISP charges it looks really appealing
> compared with BT's Openworld or Telewest's Blue Yonder costings and,
after
> two years subscription the card is yours to keep anyways I presume
that in
> the second year the card cost is out of the equation meaning it's only
200
> Euros (?119) a year for all the downloading you want 24/7. At the
> end of the
> day I don't upload a lot it's the downloading speed for surfing,
getting
> files ;o) etc. that is my concern.
>
> My only problem is, how good is it, really as it seems to good to be
true,
> getting virtual broadband access for a tenner a month?
>
> K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 March 2001 17:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Bit the bullet...
>
> Now I have a little more time on my hands ... I had to pop round to
the
> mother-in-laws and then down to my local Jessops to go have a look at
the
> new Olympus E10 camera - Gorgeous! (the camera that is) ... I had a
brief
> play with one of the satellite based systems some time ago. I'm
> afraid that
> I can't remember the name of the service provider as it wasn't me that
> arranged it. I had been grumbling to a friend that my internet
> provision was
> so bad out here in ths sticks (actually only about 3 miles outside of
> Winchester if that) and he mentioned that they had been looking at
this
> service at work in an evaluation of different provision methods
> for reaching
> outlying areas.
>
> Firstly the kit might have been missing setup software or using an old
> version or something but we had a pig of a time getting my machine to
> recognise the card as anything sensible ... once we did it was never
> actually stable for too long with many "blue screens of
death" popping up.
>
> Once up and running we did experience speeds of up to about 2Mbits as
> claimed but to be honest it wasn't sustained and given that your
uplink is
> still phone based and so you're still paying call charges then I
> soon moved
> on from the idea. I believe that the service provider has not
> backed out of
> the service - can anyone shed light on if that is true?
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 25 March 2001 10:34
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Bit the bullet...
> >
> >
> > Phil,
> >
> > I've been thinking about this as a serious option, what is the
> > skinny on the
> > service?
> >
> > Ta
> >
> > K
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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