The older DW4000 system uses two modems hooked together and the new DW6000 has only one that does both jobs. They are both or DW6000 hooked to one dish and you can also have DirectTV on the same dish. So one dish can do all satellite internet connections and TV too. We had a small alignment problem after installing a new roof but were able to realign ourselves. There is a diagnostics program that you run to get the best alignment. It takes two people but can be done fairly simply. We have never had a technician since the original install. Occasionally a power outage or lighning storm will put so much static elictricity in the system that you have to shut down and go through a procedure to eliminate that problem. That only happened once though. I have never lived where I could get cable or DSL so I can't compare but next to a rural land line there is absolutely no comparison.
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- Thread starter AAAintheBeltway
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Quote from Doubter:
AAA - I have used the satellite for about 18 months and love it. It is a two way service or you can have a one way service. Mine does not use a land line and is super fast or two way. You do need a backup line as there are satellite outages at times. Mostly in the afternoon between 4 and 6. It seems to be when the sun aligns with the satellite. We do not have cable access so only a 26.4 bps line is available so the satellite is a dream. The download is very fast 1000+ bps. A fairly large file that would take more that an hour at 26.4 is only a minute or two. I am not sure of the upload speed but at even half of the download speed it is very fast. They just introduced the DW6000 modem which lets you network several computers to the same satellite, even mix Macs. I will order that soon. In our very rural setting it is the only way.
Which provider are you using, guy??
thx,
-b
there's an article about trading with satellites somewhere. The deal is, if you're surfing the web, it's very fast, but you don't know there is a slight delay.
They (the satellite people) say it can take up to 5 seconds to get the data onto the superhighway. So it would seem very fast, but in fact be delayed.
I enter early often, and very rarely enter late (cause I figure I've already missed the move) so for me, 5 seconds delay would probably help.
They (the satellite people) say it can take up to 5 seconds to get the data onto the superhighway. So it would seem very fast, but in fact be delayed.
I enter early often, and very rarely enter late (cause I figure I've already missed the move) so for me, 5 seconds delay would probably help.