Comments on: links for 2009-04-05

By: Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:12:10 +0000

It’s been a couple of years since I looked at satellite, but there were a couple of issues:
1. satellite download, dial-up upload. Fine for surfing, but obviously too leisurely if you want to upload anything big.
2. One system I looked at (Hughes) throttles vpn connections. I have a couple of clients who require vpn, so vpn throttling is unacceptable.

By: Tozier

Tozier — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:45:00 +0000

I’m thinking of using the setup for some summer Hacker Picnics at (a) our farm in Webster Township, and (b) maybe out at Independence Lake and other county parks. Did you decide against satellite?

By: Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:30:42 +0000

Since no provider has any internet connectivity other than dial-up out where I live in the wilds of AA Twp, I use the exact setup described in the “Plans for 12V Internet-In-A-Box” article – a V740 EVDO card in a KR2 router. It’s hardly the fastest thing in the world, but it works well enough that I can be productive.