Re: Starlink

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 9:00:26 PM UTC-4, RTS wrote:
> On 4/29/2018 7:21 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
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>       On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:06:53 PM UTC-4, RockyTSquirrel, esq =
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> Jim we've tried both AT&T and Verizon
>         which are the primary carriers around here..
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> We are pretty rural,=C2=A0 can be as much as 5-8
>         miles between towers in a good area..
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> and it seems that the clusters we have the
>         most problem=C2=A0 with are all linked with microwave and not opt=
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>         cable..
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> My "guess" is the microwave doesn't have the
>         bandwidth to allow that feature..
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> But the Starlink does work better than the
>         TG-1's we had been using..
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> ;-)
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> RTS
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>       Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.
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> What does Napco have to say about it?
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> none of their suggestions worked out..
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> It does seem that AT&T=C2=A0 is the major
>         problem though..
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> but with either type=C2=A0 the IBridge is the only
>         problem
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> everything else works just like normal.
>       Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.



I don't know how important it is to you to have the IBridge working but wou=
ld you/ do you ..... consider using the network connection instead of the c=
ellular connection?=20

I've never used the network connection myself because cellular service is s=
o good where I am. I also don't think network transmission is as reliable a=
s Cellular, but I'm thinking that if you could make more on the installatio=
n job and a greater monthly if you provided your customer with both central=
 station monitoring and remote control .... that it might be worth trying t=
o use a network connection exclusively.