Satellite pros and cons

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Wandaful, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. Wandaful

    Wandaful Private E-2

    G'day all

    I am thinking of changing from my DIALUP to Satellite (I can't get any other Broadband etc where I live) and was wondering about any problems that might occur.... ie, weather etc.... or are there any??

    The package I would be chosing in Australia would be a 2way Sat 256k/64k and 5Gb data download.... This is the best I can find.. and will cost $109.50 per month.

    ANY feedback would be appreciated as it's a lot of money to spend if Satellite is no good....

    Cheers
    Wendy
    XOXO
     
  2. IrOnMaN

    IrOnMaN Specialist

    it does go out for a little while during bad weather but the biggest con of satelite to me is you cant play online games because the latency is bad. ive enjoyed my satelite internet though. of course i would have gotten dsl or cable if it was available but i had to sacrifice the games for downloads. i play my games at work now lol.
     
  3. Wandaful

    Wandaful Private E-2

    Hey thanks for the reply IronMan
    And since I don;t play games online it shouldn't worry be then...lol
    I mainly want a faster connection so that I can download movies etc and for VoIP.

    So how sensitive is it to the weather then?

    Cheers
    Wendy
     

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