[CLUE-Talk] Sprint Broadband

[Jim Intriglia]

Roger-

Thanks for that info - was not aware of the Sprint broadband solution.

I'm planning to install Dish Network 2-way Satellite Internet Service soon 
(2x56K up; 10x56K down), which is being marketed under the brand "StarBand" 
(www.starband.com) with installs being handled by RadioShack (they are 
handling everything; a turnkey customer install).

The brains behind the Starband technology - Gilat - are no strangers to 
Internet satellite connectivity. The investors behind Starband include 
EchoStar, ING (if memory serves) and... Microsoft (surprised?).

Got an installed site here in Conifer - seems to work well (this is good, as 
some areas up here are stil waiting for phones let alone DSL, which is not 
expected anytime soon).

Planning to write a followup article on Starband service when I get my site 
going, as well as a Linux install How-to (unless the community beats me to 
it first!).

-Jim


----Original Message Follows----
From: Roger Frank <rfrank at rfrank.net>
Reply-To: clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us
To: clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: [CLUE-Talk] Sprint Broadband
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:14:42 -0700

I had Sprint Broadband installed yesterday after waiting only a
week from my first call to sign up.  A dinner-plate sized
antenna on my chimney points to El Dorado Mountain.   A 2.4 GHz
signal comes into my broadband RF modem.  I've disconnected
my trusty 56Kbps US Robotics since I'm getting up to 2 megabits/sec
downloads.  Uploads, less frequent, are at about 200 Kbps.
Fixed IP address, always on, and at least for now, very fast.

If you don't have high-speed Internet access, and don't want
to use US West or AT&T cable modems, then Sprint Broadband is
worth looking into.  Visit www.sprintbroadband.com

--
Roger Frank
Ponderosa High School, Colorado
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