diectv dsl dead?

[Jerry Feldman]

Actually, Starband did support Linux at one time, but when Echostar (Dish 
Networks) withheld subscriber money from Starband, Starband kind of stopped 
supporting Linux. Marc Evans had signed up with them and was initially 
pleased at the service.However, there is a commercial router that supports 
Starband and Linux. I don't recall the company.
"Mark J. Dulcey" wrote:

> band alternatives. Customers could possibly move over to StarBand, but that c
> ompany probably couldn't absorb all those people at once, and the customers w
> ould have to pay a lot of money for new equipment. Also, StarBand's residenti
> al service doesn't support any OS other than Windows; if you want to use anyt
> hing else, you have to buy the more expensive office package.
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