Satellite Internet Providers

pitchblende writes "Our company works in remote locations in Northern Canada. We have been experiencing major communications problems with our current satellite service. We use satellite systems that go for about $1000 apiece, with $100/month in fees. The service is 'shared' rather than dedicated, and our VOIP, etc, has been getting worse by the day lately. From what I can tell, dedicated systems go for $30k and up. I hope someone(s) out there has some suggestions, recommendations?"

Down

[courteaudotbiz]

Come back down to lower Canada...

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[game kid]

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What latency? It works great to me!

Re:uh!

[Anonymous Coward]

The service is 'shared' rather than dedicated, and our VOIP, etc, has been getting worse by the day lately. From what I can tell, dedicated systems go for $30k and up.

You can get a dedicated satellite for 30K..........

Hey, did you know you can get a dedicated satellite for 30k?!?

Quickly now, somebody post a reply to me to let everyone know you can get a satellite for 30k. Because that hasn't been said already.

How's the latency?

[Anonymous Coward]

Astronomical.

You can

[kellyb9]

You should run a few hundred miles of ethernet cable down to Pennsylvania. I'll let you plug into my linksys router.

Use Beaver Net...

[gwn]

never underestimate the bandwidth of a DeHaviland BEAVER full of cd and DVD's...

Re:uh!

[Yvan256]

You can get a dedicated satellite for 30 000$ CAD.

I don't think I'd be able to buy a dedicated satellite with a 30K resistor.

Re:You can

[Yvan256]

Unfortunately all we have in Canada is metric ethernet cable.

Re:uh!

[Anonymous Coward]

Har har har! And you probably wonder why you never get laid.

Re:uh!

[Anonymous Coward]

I could affor it, if only it were USD rather than CAD!!!

Re:Satellite? Screw that. Go radio

[LordKaT]

9.6mb/s would be awesome.

Re:I'm no expert

[timster]

Exactly how small is "small"? Because a Linksys duct-taped to a Pringles can isn't going to cut it, even if you bolt some solar panels to the bottom.

Switch from TCP/IP to CP/IP

[bingbong]

Use CP/IP (RFC 1149 [ietf.org] ).

You'll get great bandwidth, especially during migratgory seasons.

Re:Down

[Harry Balzack]

...where men are men, and seals are nervous!

Re:Amazing

[legallyillegal]

have you ever been to northern canada? you're 30km from the nearest wildlife, nevermind civilization!

Re:Simple...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, but you must be careful when you die because a rotting body will also release carbon.
You should really bury yourself.
But you should also try not to disturb the environment by digging holes so I would suggest lying down at the base of a mountain that you think is due for a natural land-slide.

Re:Amazing

[Anonymous Coward]

And now you pick up the moron baton. Pythagoras' theorem is for right triangles only. I assure you that the center of the earth to the north pole to a geostationary sat does not in any way resemble a right triangle.