[Linux-users] Hughes Data-Sat service anyone?

[Tony Alfrey]

Ric Moore wrote:
> Plunking along with a 56K USRobotics... I remember the time I would have
> killed for one. Since I'm really in the toolies, I had to throttle her
> down for reliable transmission. Remember init strings? We used to trade
> them like baseball cards. "Here's the Hank Aaron of init strings for a
> DC Hayes!" I would boast. 
> 
> So, a nicely endowed Geek Gurrl was boasting of the <ahem> "Performance"
> of the Hughes Data Satellite System on TV tonight. How about it? Anyone
> have a clue?? Price? Performance? 

I remember that they had downlink speeds like good DSL and uplink speeds 
like your 56K modem.  And several kilobucks sticks in my mind for price 
(there was a time before cable when I and my neighbors were thinking 
about a network with one).


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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"