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Direct TV Satellite And Internet Gets You ConnectedThe Direct TV satellite and internet services, now offered through HughesNet, require separate satellite dishes as the high-speed internet access requires a separate dish. Professional installation of the system, including the satellite dish and computer connection, is available as part of the standard equipment purchase price. Once installed you will be charged for the service, depending on the level or service you choose. Charges for Direct TV satellite and internet connection will be billed separately with DirecTV billing for Direct TV satellite and internet services billed by HughesNet. The advantages to a satellite internet connection are the speeds available, as well as allowing high-speed access to areas where a cable connection or a digital subscriber line (DSL) cannot be connected by the phone company. Without a satellite internet, a dial up connection in the only choice. Satellite Internet Offers Faster Connections If you download many programs from the internet with a dial-up connection, then you know the frustration of waiting what seems like an interminable amount of time for the download to finish. A typical four-megabyte audio file, the average size of a single song, can take up to 10 minutes through dial-up. With Direct TV satellite and internet connection speeds that same song, at the slowest rate of service offered would take approximately 47 seconds. With the pro level of service, that drops to about 22 seconds. Huge software download speeds are also severely slowed by dial-up services and an average 25 megabyte software upgrade file can take as long as and hour and a half to download while through high speed it will take under 10 minutes with a Direct TV satellite and internet connection from HughesNet. One disadvantage of the Direct TV satellite and internet connections would be in the use of VoIP telephone services. Even though you would have a high speed connection to use voice over internet protocol for phone service, when used with a satellite internet connection, the speed of the internet is slowed. To combat that, you could disable the phone service while downloading. |
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