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Any news on DirecWay?
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Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has heard anything more on the Mac drivers for DirecWay satellite service? Last I heard, they were in beta, but have heard nothing since. And the "customer service" (if you can call it that) at DirecWay has no idea what I'm talking about.
I ask because my parents want to get Mac, but can only use DirecWay for "high speed" internet access (and they won't go back to dial up). I had gotten them as far as getting an iMac, but they couldn't get it set up using their old PC as a gateway. So they gave up and took the Mac back.  They don't want to buy the Mac compatible modem ($600) either, so they are waiting for drivers.
So, anyone heard any good news? Or even some bad news? Any news?
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Originally posted by ::maroma:::
So, anyone heard any good news? Or even some bad news? Any news?
As far as I can tell, the "beta drivers" don't exist. I've talked to people at DirecWay and Hughes: nothing.
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Originally posted by aaanorton:
As far as I can tell, the "beta drivers" don't exist. I've talked to people at DirecWay and Hughes: nothing.
Well damn, that's no good. I found out that DirecWay has a trade up program for older non-Mac compatible modems. And if you sign up for 15 month contract, they knock another $100 off. They say the net price for the modem is around $250. I might be able to get my parents to go for that.
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what windows OS are they using? I have had plenty of success using windows xp pro and sharing its net connection to my mac. I don't use direcway or any sat service, though.
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Originally posted by fulmer:
what windows OS are they using? I have had plenty of success using windows xp pro and sharing its net connection to my mac. I don't use direcway or any sat service, though.
I'm pretty sure they are using XP on their Windows box, and would be using Panther on the Mac if/when they'd get one. They tried to get their iMac set up that way, but couldn't get it going, and I wasn't in town to help them out.
I've heard good success stories with this, but they didn't have the patience for it.
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