[Hexxx]

Anyone tried or heard anything about this as yet?

http://www.wow.net/index-2.html
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FASTBox Wireless Broadband
Coming soon to your area. FASTBox Wireless Broadband is your Secure, Reliable, Alternative to DSL. Now available in Port of Spain and environs, FASTBOX is powered by WOW's powerful Satellite IP network and delivers broadband to your home or office with speeds up to 2MB
Dedicated IP Address
50 hour Dial Up by request
Antivirus and SPAM Blocker
Email address
FASTBox@HOME as low as $460/mo
FASTBox@HOME setup fee $500.00
FASTBox@WORK as low as $1150/mo.
FASTBox@WORK setup fee $800.00

Unlimited Access, always on
Instant bandwidth upgrades
Additional services by request
Speeds up to 2MB
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
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Works with both MAC and PC
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By the way, I have no idea what a "speed of 2MB" means...

[SUP3R]

That means 2Mbit/s which in downloading terms means speeds up to 200kb/s.
But they mention the maximum, what's the minimum. The pricing is damn good if u receive 2MB access, but I just don't trust satellite.

[jevolution]

looks interesting but i would prefer to go with a bigger more well known company such as tstt or columbus, or even laqtel

[mangoseed]

lol
i like the speed
i wish i had it >_<
but sup3r is right cant trust satellite that much
look @ greendot
poor service
anytime is rains low or no signal
which means for half the year you'll be in hell

mangoseed

[Hexxx]

SUP3R, on Aug 20 2006, 10:10 PM, said:

That means 2Mbit/s which in downloading terms means speeds up to 200kb/s.
But they mention the maximum, what's the minimum. The pricing is damn good if u receive 2MB access, but I just don't trust satellite.

I thought the capital B in speed refferent to Bytes? like 2MB = 2*1024 Bytes.

[mario2001]

its gonna be crappy when the rain falls ...anyone here has directv? youll know what happens when rain falls

[mangoseed]

i got direcTV
cable eh wanna run no line by me
but it have cable bout 200m away from my house >_>

direcTV doh really give much probs
when it rain
sometimes u lose signal
but comes back right away
and picture stays clear

greendot just Sux0rz

[mario2001]

yep and to think i wanted to got with green dot ...lol that would have been my biggest mistake lol.....hope you get cable with flow though

[jevolution]

Hexxx, on Aug 21 2006, 09:13 AM, said:

SUP3R, on Aug 20 2006, 10:10 PM, said:

That means 2Mbit/s which in downloading terms means speeds up to 200kb/s.
But they mention the maximum, what's the minimum. The pricing is damn good if u receive 2MB access, but I just don't trust satellite.

I thought the capital B in speed refferent to Bytes? like 2MB = 2*1024 Bytes.

ah my friend, there's a difference. MB = megabits, Mb = megabytes
same as KB = kilobits and Kb = kilobytes

[dpds68]

As we are on this any word on Carib-Link's wireless High speed internet ?

[Hexxx]

ok I called Wow.net (i already have dialup with them). the first thing i asked them is if they are offering it by me, Belmont. He quickly said no, after a little more questioning he said they aren't planning on coming up in my area at all because its not safe! That sucks!

[SUP3R]

LOL@blatant no and unsafe reason.
We have Carib-Link wireless here at movietowne I haven't heard anyone complain about it, which means it probably works. We have two internet access accounts, one with TSTT and the other with Carib-Link. TSTT for the administrative offices and Carib-Link supplies everything else, but it seems reliable but it's really expensive and we provide it free of charge once u have the wireless access required to access it.
We use to have it accessible to all the way out by the highway, but due to abuse we limited to strictly inside MovieTowne's building itself.

[adilas]

Wow....that $460/month for 2Mb Wireless DSL is rather tempting. I'm willing to give this relatively new service a chance cause I know people on WOW.net Dial-Up who say the service is fine. I do, however, have DirecTV so I have first-hand knowledge what a little rain will do for satellite communications. But after over a year this TSTT, 256Kb is really getting limiting with no upgrade in sight. Anyone have hands-on report & experience with this service to see what the actual speed, latency, etc is like?

ah my friend, jevolution, you are wrong. Hexxx is correct.

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Big "B" versus little "b"
Now, if the similar names aren't confusing enough, the abbreviations are worse. Megabit is abbreviated with a lower case b (Mb) and megabyte is abbreviated with a capital B (MB),...

from here. Remember guys, GIYF (Google Is Your Friend).


Also, this 2Mb(bit) service would yield upto 250KB(bytes)/sec max theoretical download speed.