This blog and our main Web site come to you via satellite Internet. It’s a less-convenient, far more expensive alternative to on-the-grid Internet services, but for the most part, it works well for us.
As part of a community of users, we bear the responsibility not to use too much bandwidth. For this reason, the provider monitors usage, limiting each account to 2 GB of download capability in a rolling 7-day period. If one exceeds that limit, one gets cut back to dial-up speed until usage drops below a certain threshold. However, there’s a daily “free period” when usage isn’t monitored. Continue reading