Looking for something like DirecPC

I want to use an 802.11n router in a rural area from the mian house to an
office. But they don't have cable in this area. What are some of the best
ways to get high-speed over satellite these days? Seems liek DirectPC or
whatever it is called only runs about 1Mbps and forces you to buy a $600
receiver unit, sign a contract, and might have poor upload speeds. Any
advise?

- JB

jb <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I want to use an 802.11n router in a rural area from the mian house to an
> office. But they don't have cable in this area. What are some of the best

Three possibilities come to mind.
One is a business class wireless link, which is popular in growing rural
areas. http://www.sonic.net/sales/wba/


Another is extending the reach of a nearby cable or DSL link, by buying a
subscription for someone who has access to the high speed network, that is
within a manageable WiFi view of your location.
http://www.nodomainname.co.uk/Equati..._broadband.htm


A third would be cellular/GPRS/CDMA/EVDO/something. These reach as far as
a cellular signal and offer speeds from fast dialup to slow DSL, depending
on vendor and location.
http://www.cingular.com/midtolarg Shop Cingular - PC Cards

http://www.verizonwireless.com search "Verizon Wireless PC 5740" - buy
http://makeashorterlink.com/?N2362180D

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

jb wrote:

> I want to use an 802.11n router in a rural area from the mian house to an
> office. But they don't have cable in this area. What are some of the best
> ways to get high-speed over satellite these days? Seems liek DirectPC or
> whatever it is called only runs about 1Mbps and forces you to buy a $600
> receiver unit, sign a contract, and might have poor upload speeds. Any
> advise?

You should get a better price than $600, but yeah, you don't get upload
speeds to speak of. There's also WildBlue and others. Speeds tend to be
comparable.

Cellular, from every supplier I can use in Canada, can sometimes give you
the speed but you pay through the nose for anything over some maximum
byte-count.
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derek

"Derek Broughton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> jb wrote:

> Cellular, from every supplier I can use in Canada, can sometimes give you
> the speed but you pay through the nose for anything over some maximum
> byte-count.
> --
Believe it or not, I have an EVDO card, but it just craps out a lot in the
country.

- JB

Derek Broughton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Cellular, from every supplier I can use in Canada, can sometimes give you
> the speed but you pay through the nose for anything over some maximum
> byte-count.

The Cingular data package is $0.01 per KB, either pay-as-you-go, or over
the limit on a monthly MB package. There is no rollover on unused KB, so
the only sensible thing, if this access is used much at all, is to go with
an unlimited plan. With Cingular, that ranges from $19.95 to $59.95,
depending on what kind of device you tell them you are attaching.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Derek Broughton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Cellular, from every supplier I can use in Canada, can sometimes give you
>> the speed but you pay through the nose for anything over some maximum
>> byte-count.
>
> The Cingular data package is $0.01 per KB, either pay-as-you-go, or over
> the limit on a monthly MB package. There is no rollover on unused KB, so
> the only sensible thing, if this access is used much at all, is to go with
> an unlimited plan. With Cingular, that ranges from $19.95 to $59.95,
> depending on what kind of device you tell them you are attaching.
>
None of the cell companies in Canada, last time I looked had an unlimited
plan. One had a plan with a 1GB cap, everybody else was lower. After
that, it's per MB. I don't know about you, but I can't run a business on
1GB of monthly bandwidth :-) Oh, for the good old days when 33.6kbps was
enough :-)
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derek

I live in a very rural area and have to use DirecPC. I thought about
the cell phone thing but again the rural area thing is going to bite
you because you may not have much of a signal for the cell phone to
bind enough channels for broadband access. I used to use DirectPC with
a land line but then I put security camers and needed 24 hour access so
I upgraded to two way access.

Download is very fast, faster than our T3 at work. Upload seems very
slow and you can't play online games because of latency. See my live
camera feed at and it will give you an idea of the upload speed.

http://www.kumeyaay.org/live.htm

I live in a very rural area and have to use DirecPC. I thought about
the cell phone thing but again the rural area thing is going to bite
you because you may not have much of a signal for the cell phone to
bind enough channels for broadband access. I used to use DirectPC with
a land line but then I put security camers and needed 24 hour access so
I upgraded to two way access.

Download is very fast, faster than our T3 at work. Upload seems very
slow and you can't play online games because of latency. See my live
camera feed at and it will give you an idea of the upload speed.

http://www.kumeyaay.org/live.htm

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 8 May 2006
11:43:28 -0700, "howkasam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I live in a very rural area and have to use DirecPC. I thought about
>the cell phone thing but again the rural area thing is going to bite
>you because you may not have much of a signal for the cell phone to
>bind enough channels for broadband access. ...

That's not how it works.

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