30 January 2005

Rant: Direcway

The city or the country? Broadband web access or something else? I weighed these choices before I moved to the boonies. Satellite internet access is the only choice aside from dial-up. It’s a big step down. It’s a big letdown. Fair access policy (FAP) and bandwidth throttling, no VPN, a system that has its own locked-down NAT and DHCP, no newsgroups… what more can you not want?

I found a nifty utility to monitor bandwidth used before the FAP kicks in, but since it costs $25, I hesitate to endorse it in any way. I’ve already spent enough just to get mediocre internet access: $500 for the equipment and installation, a $60 monthly fee; now I have to pay more just to manage this service?

Almost make me want to go back to civilization. Almost.

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