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Gene Davis (Ga.)
02-18-2005 20:07:19
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Re: OT-Sattelite Internet Service in reply to Larry806, 02-18-2005 18:22:21
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Larry. we have had Direcway sattelite service for a couple of years now, and most of the time it is good. However, it will not work in fog, rain, and snow, or anything that will deflect the signals. Sometimes just overcast skies shut it down It is very slow when the signal strength here drops below 81, and below 79, you can pretty much forget it. Do not let them sell you a 4000 series system, they are not going to support it any more after a while. Also the 4000 series it is old technology. This system wqas extremely susceptible to static elictricity, had to shut down the computer, then the satellite modem box had to be unplugged from the power source almost daily and leave down for 2-10 minutes to bleed off static and then about every 2 weeks the cable connecting the 25 pin cable connecting the transmit modem to the recieve modem would have to be removed and swapped end for end to get it back to working,a Guru from India reccomended that and it worked. is very aggrevating to network,almost impossible, has to be done through the main computer,then to the router. You can read this as major aggrevation, stayed down more than up. The 4000 has to be connected to a land phone line whenever booted up, or rebooted after ANY problem. Haven"t had near the problem with static with the 6000 to date. The 6000 system is very user friendly, works nicely, but still cannot blast through fog and rain.Sometimes you will be down for a 24 hr period of time if the weather is bad foggy and/or rainy. It will network very nicely into a router ahead of your computer and the modem is in the 6000 box with all the pretty blue winking and blinking lights. the 6000 serirs will boot or reboot itself with out a telephone modem being used. Direcway reccomended an upgrade for the 4000 series to the 6000 and when you bought the up grade they did not want the 4000 back, didn"t even send shipping instruction, or address to return it to. When we get through with the commitment which expires this fall we probably will drop this expensive service and take up an Earthlink or a Bell South type services for almost 1/2 the cost. As a whole has been fairly satisfactory, but expensive. Gene Davis
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