10-06-2006, 03:11 PM
So speed was your primary motivation for jumping thru these hoops. I can understand that but I have some questions.
I looked into satelite for my grandmother who does not have access to dsl or cable modems. At that time I was quoted $80/mo. Dick mentioned that it was expensive so I'd like to find out if I'm missing something. I know some companies are not mac friendly and you have to use a pc as a router but even that couldn't cost more than $300 or so.
tuqqer the speeds you quoted for the cellular internet are in line with what I've been told, but you also mention that you couldn't share that bandwidth. I think you could if you used an inexpensive wallstreet as your receiving point and then used osx's share feature to share that bandwidth to a wireless router in the house. There are keepalive issues but that can be overcome.
Anyway, you needed the speed so I can see why you want the way you went but wanted to point out the above items and maybe get some more input as I'm sure you've explored them.
Dave
I looked into satelite for my grandmother who does not have access to dsl or cable modems. At that time I was quoted $80/mo. Dick mentioned that it was expensive so I'd like to find out if I'm missing something. I know some companies are not mac friendly and you have to use a pc as a router but even that couldn't cost more than $300 or so.
tuqqer the speeds you quoted for the cellular internet are in line with what I've been told, but you also mention that you couldn't share that bandwidth. I think you could if you used an inexpensive wallstreet as your receiving point and then used osx's share feature to share that bandwidth to a wireless router in the house. There are keepalive issues but that can be overcome.
Anyway, you needed the speed so I can see why you want the way you went but wanted to point out the above items and maybe get some more input as I'm sure you've explored them.
Dave