Wow, for $70.00 a month, or $59.95 if I get a specially configured compaq from radio shack, it's not probably worth it, but there's few options available when dsl and cable aren't. I just hate that on some sites where I type, and it takes awhile to echo my keystroke. At 04:38 PM 11/20/00 -0600, you wrote: >This does not seem like a all together good solution. On top of the difficulties mentioned below the only thing they guarantee as far as access goes is latency. > >On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:13:42 -0600, Brent Harding wrote: > >> I've heard of this satellite net access thing that's supposed to be >>2-way on the Kim Komando show called starband. It's from dish network, and >>they include the dish, antenna, modem, and the software used. >>Unfortunately, it hooks to the usb port, the modem. Another option is to >>get the package from radio shack that has a tranceiver card instead of the >>usb modem, with msn service, but you have to buy the PC. Which would be >>usable in linux? They don't seem to offer a modem connecting to an ethernet >>card to my knowledge. > > > >Raul A. Gallegos -- raul at asmodean.net >msn id: ragallegos at hotmail.com -- icq: 5283055 >http://www.asmodean.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
