[pmrid (Peter)]

I recently switched my internet to the NBN satellite service. My previous satellite service (we're in a rural location) was via the IPStar satellite - a Thai-owned satellite I believe. The new service is through the same satellite but a different tansponder or whatever and gives me a boost in bandwidth and the promise of more to come.

The switchover involved a whole new installation - dish and modem - and I now have another exhibit in my collection of ex-satellite dishes. It joins the subscriber TV dish that I removed when it became dull and repetitive.

But it's the IPStar gear that is getting under my skin a little. I have 2 of their sexy-looking modems as well. But to all intents and purposes, they have no use and no value. That seems something of a waste. So I'm wondering whether there is any use to which these things can be put?

I can see the big IPStar dish being propped up on some poles in the garden with a herb garden in it - and some bird mesh draped over the transponder. But somehow, that doesn't seem right.

Does anyone have any other ideas what use can be made out of these things?

Peter