{"id":222,"date":"2006-04-16T11:25:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-16T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/16\/beam-me-up-scotty\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T20:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:58:18","slug":"beam-me-up-scotty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/16\/beam-me-up-scotty\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam Me Up Scotty!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DirecwayOne of the challenges I had to address when building our house in the “stix” was connectivity to our high-tech lifestyle. I was spoiled at our previous residence with a high speed cable connection. I knew I never wanted to go back to a regular 56k dialup connection but I assumed I could acquire DSL through our local phone company. As it turns out, I was wrong! Apparently, one has to live within a certain distance of a DSL base station or the signal weakens and degrades the further out you go.<\/p>\n

That left me with only one really viable alternative, satellite. I found out that there were two types of satellite dishes I could buy. The first would allow me to only receive signal for my television. The latter accepted both TV & Internet. I signed up for a plan that took care of both and amortized the equipment investment over a 1 year period in my monthly payments. <\/p>\n

I must say that going from high speed cable to a satellite was like slowing from a sprint to an easy jog. It was definitely better than dialup but still left much to be desired. Beggars can’t be choosers though so I was just sort of happy to have something in between. A few months ago, we got an offer from Direcway to upgrade our modem to a “premium” for an extra $10 a month. They claimed much faster speeds would be available so we signed up. After installing the new modem, WOW what a difference. I still can’t say it’s as fast as a cable connection, but fast enough for little ole me up here in the mountain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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