Re: Connecting 2 Wifi Networks Via Cantenna

seaweedsteve <seaweedsteve@xxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

From my experience, the secret to making Sat internet work is to gang
up and share a bigger account/fatter pipe. It's like the difference
between running one 2" water pipe to your neighborhood to service 20
houses vs running 20 1/2" pipes. Which is more efficient? Which
gives better pressure/flow?

If you include wall drag (Bernoulli's equation), then the plumbing
system with the smallest wall area gives less pressure loss:
<http://www.efunda.com/formulae/fluids/calc_pipe_friction.cfm>
This assumes incompressible fluid flow, which isn't a very good
analogy for typical web data traffic.

I sorta help with 3 different systems that share a satellite link. All
are HughesNet (DirecWay). The planned Wild Blue system fell through.
The problem is that all 3 of these have DSL or cable available within
wire or wireless range. However, they all have also successfully
precipitated a war with the neighbors making a wired or wireless link
somewhat problematic. I've been elected official diplomat and am
trying to negotiate a peacful compromise that will allow them to
obtain a terrestial alternative. However, no sooner do I obtain some
sort of verbal agreement, someone always manages to restart the
battle. I'm scheduled for yet another non-billable endless debate
this weekend. Sigh.

I've suggested getting wider bandwidth connections. One of these has
just done that. I haven't seen the results. The others are still
waiting for me to "somehow" provide them with a terrestial solution
and therefore don't want to invest in a 1 year HughesNet commitment.

Still won't help for VoIP or VPN no matter what account you have.

Yep. Physics can only be overcome by politics.

Note: FAP for Hughes net is extremely complex and had just changed
this month. Also, they are not disclosing any real numbers. Look to
the sat forum for more info. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.direcpc/topics?lnk=li&hl=en

Ouch. I hadn't noticed. Kinda reminds me of trying to come up with
the ultimate fair equitable and manageable ISP billing system. Little
wonder the industry has almost universally gone to flat rate. It's
really difficult to be fair and equitable.

Still Hughes is probably the best of the consumer level systems.


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