Re: Satellite Broadband Providers-recommendations?

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

Be very careful, a friend just had btopenworld sat installed and has got it removed.  It was the single user version you cannot use normal firewalls etc on it as it breaks it.  If you have two network cards in the machine it fails to work.

 

Also you cannot use linux to share the connection, not sure whether the 5 user etc products work properly but certainly his experance was not good.

 

The only way to share the connection was run WinProxy on it even then that was flakey.

 

Kind Regards,

Chris Bond

----- Original Message -----

From: James Winspear

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:40 PM

Subject: [ukha_d] Satellite Broadband Providers-recommendations?

Hi,

  I’m fairly certain that I’m going to opt for 2way satellite broadband for my home/office (out of xDSL range/exchange rollout).  It’s not for gaming or peering apps.

 

  Anyone got any real recommendations for ISPs? (Failing that BTopenworld would be the default ISP?)

 

  Is there any easy plug’n’play software solutions (using broadband) for HA? (I’m not particularly interested in developing Linux or my own software apps)

 - Comfort controlled external door entry into porch, with a webcam server (for all those couriers who always deliver when I’m out! And need signatures)

 - Comfort or HomeVision event notification (e.g. SMS to mobile/email to me whilst out, and remote control of Comfort/HomeVision/X10)

 - webcam server

 - remote VPN access to my servers

 - any other suggestions would be welcomed

 

James

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