05-24-2010, 10:30 AM
Uncle Shags Wrote:Edit: That plan isn't going to work. She knows there are other options (satellite and mobile broadband) and I'd have to lie to her to convince her those wouldn't be viable for non-gaming internet. I'll just have to get her to agree to the $400 install or suck it up and not game.Mobile broadband sounds like trouble if she does video streaming for work. You'd have to do the math but I bet 5 gigabytes goes by relatively quick when streaming video.
Dial-up will suck for surfing in general, I'd say, and will make streaming video impossible.
Satellite is your only real competition, which is surely great for work and streaming video but would suck for gaming. But I imagine satellite would have an installation cost as well -- surely they have to give you a dish, in which case you might as well go with your other plan.