[rescue] satellite internet service

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:47:06PM -0500, bill pointon wrote:
> hello fellow listerines ( or is that a trademark violation ? ) -- i am 
> afflicted with dial up internet service and old slow phone lines -- if 
> anyone who has a satellite service would care to comment on the current 
> state of their service and costs i would greatly appreciate it as i am 
> shopping but have heard bad things about fair use policies and bandwidth 
> restrictions -- unfortunately i am too rural for dsl or cable yet ---- 
> my thanks in advance -- billp

Slow upload, high latency connections.  But good enough bandwidth for
surfing the web and pulling down your email.

See www.starbandusers.com for more info and user's reports.

Cordially

Patrick