[Rhodes22-list] Computer update.

[Steve Alm]

Way to go Rummy!  High speed downloads are a real delight.  Sometimes I hit
over 120 KB/s when I'm pirating those illegal mp3's.  Er...ah-hem...I mean
when I'm sharing with 100,000 of my closest personal friends.  8-)

Cheers,
Slimmy

On 2/24/04 7:51 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Well, we finally did it. Yesterday we had a DirecWay satellite dish
> installed. This is not the small 18" dish we were used to, but it's almost
> three feet 
> across. This monster allows us to have two seperate TV's running different
> programs and most of important, it gave us a broadband connection to the
> internet. 
> We also set up a wireless network, so every computer in the house is always
> connected, including my wife's laptop when she's sitting outside.
> It was rather expensive, around $720 for the dish, modem and installation.
> Our wireless equipment was about another $300 or so. It was absolutely worth
> it. 
> If you have always had a phone modem, you can't believe the difference the
> speed will make. I did a 1 1/2 hour downlaod in four minutes.
> E-mail attachments go very quickly. So far we haven't had a single problem
> with this baby. I would have to say that it was worth every penny. This isn't
> for everyone I understand, but we had absolutely no other option available to
> us. We live in a somewhat rural area and the local cable company doesn't offer
> an internet connection. The phone company doesn't have any plans in the near
> future of upgrading the equipment out here, so we were stuck.
> The installers knew exactly what they were doing. Two thumbs up for this
> hardware.
> 
> Rummy
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