At the BSES demo center they show 80-100 KB read and stuffs like that, but my friend just took it a month back and he says the realist Avg speeds are about 8-10 KB. Well its good that u save on ur Tele cost & the speed are ok for an avg surfer, but having seen-n-heard crazy figures like 80-100KB, 10Kb may be a bit depressing.
I do not see any reason why it will not work on Linux box as it simply uses a LAN card, and simple TCP/IP settings like DHCP/HOST/DNS etc. I have used RH with intel, D-Link, NE2000, compex LAN cards and they work well.
ALso I have heard that Huges is comming up with Dish antenna based wireless Internet access by Aug end. and that too with reasonalble rates, may be u wanna wait for that, beore taking the plunge.
Let me know ur story...
Hope this helps. --Sandeep
Hi All,
Sorry for being OT.
I recently saw some aggressive marketting of Powersurfer Broadband Internet connection in Kandivli (W). If anyone is using such connection from powersurfer, then plz let me know how are the services. Also plz let me know if it is possible to connect to the net on the Linux box also. They told me that there shud a LAN card on yr m/c. Now which LAN card shud I purchase keeping in mind the compatibility in Linux?
TIA,
Warm Regards, $ sonpal -kj
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