>The one we're looking at is Starband at
>www.starband.com
>
>>Hi Trey,
>>I would like to know more about this 2-way satellite system. Got any links?
>>TIA
>>Peter
>>
>>>
>>>My wife and I will be moving back to Tejas pretty soon - out in the boonies - so I was very glad to see that 2-way satellite is now available. Woo-hoo! We'll have to push that VPN and see how it works!

I have Direct TV, which I setup myself. (I used to install commerical Satellite dishes) Even with precise alignment you will have conditions of signal fade when the Sun is in front of the satellite or if water laden clouds are between your dish and the satellite (snow, rain). Your dish is probably not putting out more than 5 or 10 watts in the transmit mode, so the same conditions that limit reception would probably limit transmission. Direct TV's dish is only 40cm across. It would help if the StarBand dish were at least 1 m across, or more.