[SunRescue] note on living expenses

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I asked the Starband geeks about their service and about other OS's just
the other day ...

You need a win box to get it set up, but there's a way to use it on Macs
and *nix boxen according to what I read.  As for mobile uses, the FCC
(according to the engineer I spoke with) had a fit when they suggested it.
I couldn't get any specs on their band or power output or even info about
their dishes(gain, etc.).  Highly secretive, for whatever reasons.  

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Ed Mitchell (ed<-at->the7thbeer.com)
Finger for PGP public key
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This boxen's uptime stats....
  5:22am  up 96 day(s), 20:05,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.05


On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, James Lockwood wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > Y'all are forgetting to list what you pay for your Internet connections,
> > too.. 8-)
> 
> Speaking of which, does anyone have information on current or near-term
> 2-way satellite Internet access that is set up for commercial use?
> Gilat2Home/Starband is being deployed but it seems to be set up entirely
> for single home users running a Microsoft OS.  I'm trying to find
> something that ships with a standalone ethernet bridge and comes with a
> static IP block.
> 
> I know latency would be brutal to geostationary orbit and back, but it
> could still be very useful out in the middle of nowhere without
> terrestrial LOS.
> 
> -James
> 
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