[ale] Media cablemodem

[sjd]

>Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:13:06 -0400
>To: Ken Seefried <ken at seefried.com>
>From: sjd <sjd at mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Media cablemodem
>In-Reply-To: <3415C54E.E44EF97F at seefried.com>
>References: <199709092015.QAA26020 at dogwood.peachtree.sgi.com>
>
>At 05:53 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Jim Lynch wrote:
>>
>>> Media 1 is probably the worst company for service I've ever dealt
>>> with.
>>
>>And that is why I am getting a digital dish.  Some disadavantages, but
>>much better picture, sound and selection.  Competition is a wonderful
>>thing.
>
Have you (or anyone else) looked at the DirecDuo digital dish?  It's a
combination of the DirecTV and DirecPC that allows you to surf at 400kbaud
(downstream only) upstream is via modem to your ISP.

I've only seen an ad in Wired mag, anyone else taken a closer look?

Steve Derezinski
sjd at mindspring.com