Satellite & Linux

[Alan Jackson]

My old college roommate is outside Mancos, Colorado (between Durango and Cortez).

He uses satellite, which works okay - although he isn't running Linux (yet).

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:57:49 -0700
Andrew Mathews <andrew_mathews at linux-works.org> wrote:

> Bill Day wrote:
> > Andrew
> > 
> > What is your "locale".  I live in a  rural, on easter side of Illinois, area
> > approx 6 miles from town and have a 'broadband' wireless similiar to a
> > lowend dsl for $49 a month  install was $100
> > 
> > Included a wire mesh dish, the cable to the house(max. 100') and their
> > modem.
> > 
> > Average speeds are about 500 down and 128 up with absolutely no delay as in
> > satellite...
> > Of course this type of option may not be available to you, but there is also
> > one called PrairieInet or somethign or other located in the midwest..
> > 
> > Just a comment..
> > 
> > Bill Day
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> Jemez Mountains, 45 miles west of Santa Fe NM. No chance of any line of 
> sight to any provider unless it's at least 45 degrees elevation in the 
> sky. <g> I had a wireless connection in Taos, but had to sacrifice it to 
> move to a beautiful area. Even the phone service is from a microwave 
> repeater on the top of the mountains.
> I'm from IL myself, only on the western edge where we had a farm. I know 
> that line of sight is much easier to get on the plains than it is here. 
> Where are you from Hwy. 136?
> 
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> Andrew Mathews
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