Toontje

When I was in Canada my cousin said something about them not having a very fast internet connection at their place. But that could be done by installing a satellite disk.

Your comments please.

Glaswegian

It's more common in smaller towns ... I had a client who had an office out in Fernie ... the only way they could get internet was via satellite and it was pretty crap.

I've got satellite in Calgary, but my choices for internet are cable, ADSL or dial-up, no option to use satellite, but I guess there's no call for it.

Toontje

My cousin lives in a small town.

How crap is "pretty crap"?

Bob

Unreliable kinda crap...can go out in bad weather...big problem is snow covering the dish...but then you lose the tele too...

Glaswegian

Almost worse than dial up ... just about able to support a PC Anywhere connection ... as Bob said, provided there wasn't snow on the dish or bad weather.

Toontje

That IS pretty crap!

Sean Boxer

BTW, it costs around CAD80 per month, about 40 of you Engleesh pounds.

Toontje

No, no! Not my Engleesh pounds!
About 53 of my Euros!

Glaswegian

80 bucks for satellite internet??!!

That's expensive!!

For anyone interested, ADSL is only $29.95/month.

willmore

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We're paying at least $39.00 per month for high speed and only because we got it has part of a bundle from Shaw.... .[/QUOTE]

Glaswegian

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We've got Shaw litespeed ... it really grinds sometimes ... ADSL is on the horizon.

Airseir

surely it cant be worse than a 36k connection which is the best I can get where I live in the Uk (other than paying the extorsionette rates of satlaite here).

I pray broadband will one day arrive.

Bob

Problem is, you lose the service pretty easily on shite weather...and snow on the dish will kill it, not to mention the tele, and there's a lot of snow out here...though it would depend on where you are of course.

willmore

We've got Shaw litespeed ... it really grinds sometimes ... ADSL is on the horizon.[/QUOTE]

yea...I understand...that's what we were going to get.....but because we use professionally we decided to get the high speed.....mmm....questions for Mrs. G. .....never thought of before.....if your internet connection is being used professionally (at least 1/2 time) the same as your computer - is that tax deductible? hehehe

Glaswegian

My job pays for ours, so I don't worry about it

Go ask your accountant