Wireless Internet options

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

You are probably SOL unless you want to go satellite. I know two people who 
recently stopped Starband. One person, Marc Evans, because he became 
unhappy with it, and Larry Burbridge because he moved next door, and was 
able to get cable. He moved from Holland, Ma to Union, Ct. Union has cable 
holland barely has telephone). Larry was very happy with Starband, but he 
is a Windows user. 
The problems with Starband were not of Starbands making. They were 
partnered with Dish Networks. Dish's parent, Echostar then made a bid to 
purchase Hughes, DirecPC's parent. Dish then withheld all payments from 
their subscribers to Starband for several months. Starband sued to get the 
money owned them, but in the meantime ran out of cash. They have since 
received the cash they need to operate. 

In any case both Larry and Marc have the equipment. For the most part you 
get about 700Mbps, which is similar to DSL speeds. There is a bit of a 
propagation delay on Satellite though.
If you cannot get DSL or cable, then satellite is the next best thing. I do 
not believe that there is a wireless provider in the Boston area.  
On 20 Aug 2002 at 13:29, Drew Taylor wrote:

> I just moved into the North End of Boston and unfortunately neither DSL 
> (digital cards in the CO) or cable modem (not upgraded yet) are available 
> to me. So I'm looking at wireless options. At my previous apt in Lexington 
> I had 1.5M/128k DSL, but anything w/ a permanent connection would be better 
> than what I have right now. Does anyone know of wireless options I could 
> look into? The building where I live has 4 other apartments that I suspect 
> might be interested in sharing a connection. Any ideas are more than welcome.
> 
> Drew
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