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Scott Willing
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hey all,
Been thinking again about satellite internet, having made a trip to my
head office recently and been reminded what it's like to have a
broadband connection. Heck, even the hotel had plug'n'play highspeed.
Several times in the past I've looked into the sat internet thing and
been scared off, first by reading horror stories surrounding DirecWay,
and second, by the figure of 265W quoted to me as a power requirement.
(2.3A @ 115V)
I assume that these figures were just read off the power supply
(supplies?) for the gear, so actual power consumption would presumably
be somewhat less than that even during peak requirements. I am also
guessing that peak usage would be experienced during upload only, on
the assumption that these things don't broadcast unless they need to.
Anyone have a clue if these assumptions have any merit? Sat internet
isn't an easy thing to test-drive...
(Aside to Canucks: apparently Telsat is getting ready to roll out a
Canadian solution in July.)
Cheers,
-=s
Been thinking again about satellite internet, having made a trip to my
head office recently and been reminded what it's like to have a
broadband connection. Heck, even the hotel had plug'n'play highspeed.
Several times in the past I've looked into the sat internet thing and
been scared off, first by reading horror stories surrounding DirecWay,
and second, by the figure of 265W quoted to me as a power requirement.
(2.3A @ 115V)
I assume that these figures were just read off the power supply
(supplies?) for the gear, so actual power consumption would presumably
be somewhat less than that even during peak requirements. I am also
guessing that peak usage would be experienced during upload only, on
the assumption that these things don't broadcast unless they need to.
Anyone have a clue if these assumptions have any merit? Sat internet
isn't an easy thing to test-drive...
(Aside to Canucks: apparently Telsat is getting ready to roll out a
Canadian solution in July.)
Cheers,
-=s