> OMG, goto http://www.expressvu.ca/en/aboutdirecpc.html .. that looks > horrible. Using a modem to send the requests out, and the dish to > receieve the content. > > This just has proprietary-windows-software written all over it. I > would > assume the European Beam Internet would be the exact same setup. >
NO! Beam make a huge point of making sure you know that you use the dish for incoming _and_ outgoing, and that there are no telephone costs. They say that systems that need a phone line makes you have to live with 3km of your exchange, which in a case like mine, in a middle of a field, is the advantage of using beam. Thanks, Hereward
