Ok folks I just moved into the sticks. I'm talking farmer's and rednecks and pickups and the whole nine yards. There is no possibility of Cable Modem. No DSL. 1. Has anyone used StarBand? Is it worth a flip? 2. What the hell can I do to get highspeed access out here? Thanks dudes and females.
Whut's dis darn here innernet' mumbo jumbo you talking about? -your other neighbor Claudius Maximillian Esquire the 3rd. Look into sattelite bro.
Hey Chance...here is a little redneck lingo for you Backup - What you do when you sight a skunk in the woods. Bar code - Them's the fight'n rules down da local tavern. Bug - The reason you is a giv'n for calling in sick. Byte - What yer pit bull dun to cusin Jethro. Cache - Needed when you go to da store. Chip - Yer cusin's uncle's mother's boyfriend's name. Terminal - Time to call da undertaker. Crash - When you go to Junior's party uninvited. Digital - The art of counting on your fingers. Diskette - A female Disco dancer. Hacker - Uncle Leroy after thirty years of smoking. Hardcopy - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos. Internet - Where cafeteria workers put their hair. Keyboard - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere. Mac - Big Bob's favorite fast food. Megahertz - How your head feels after seventeen beers. Modem - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall. Mouse pad - Where Mickey and Minnie live. Network - Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line. Online - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test. Rom - Where the pope lives. Screen - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch. Serial port - A red wine you drink with breakfast. Superconductor - Amtrak's Employee of the year. Scsi - What you call your week-old underwear.
there is zero possibility of fiber optics out where you are. The only thing for you to do is to invest in satellite internet. Direct TV offers it, and some other companies do as well. It's good for surfing and downloading, but terrible for gaming. This is because it sends the data in wave flashes, not in a constant feed, so the game will have very laggy times. If you dont play games, but you are big into downloading and surfing, its a good investment. Remember, the farther you are from a big city, the crappier the telephone lines become.
Just want to warn you that the satellite provider Direcway tried to screw me out of money for over a year. I called their customer service over 10 times for a $100 they erroneously charged me but none of them were EVER helpful. When I finally got my credit card refunded they tried to rebill me for the same charge and went so far as to notify a collection agency to get me to pay them again. Do not use direcway/Hughes...just a helpful tip.
Liberty and Sever...thanks guys. That is the kind of advice I was searching for. I will be using dircway I guess and thanks for the tips.
Chance -- as an FYI, you got some publicity this morning on 610AM, when Lance was singing a bit of the 'Inside Skinny with Steve McKinney' song. He botched the words slightly by saying, "He's not fat, he's not thin" instead of the correct order. You'll have to give him a verbal reprimand for that.
