StarBanderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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StarBander (plural StarBanders)

1. (historical) One who uses StarBand, a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the United States from 2000 to 2015. [from 2001]
   • 2002 June 11, Wanderer, quoting Brad Helm, “a pointed question thats needs answering”, in alt.satellite.starband‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 October 2025:

     If Howard, Zur or Greg get the transcript, let 'em read it and stew, knowing that there is a coalition of ex-StarBanders and current StarBanders who are pissed about the service and think very little of the StarBand management team.

   • 2002 August 13, Mark Nicholson, “Help a Limey decide about satellite!”, in alt.satellite.starband‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 October 2025:

     I live in the UK, and British Telecom (BT) have just announced a satellite service. It uses the same GILAT technology that you StarBanders know and love so well.

   • 2003 June 11, Earle Horton, “you starband drips.....”, in alt.satellite.starband‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 October 2025:

     I am merely compensating myself for a year's worth of money wasted on substandard service, by making posts to this newsgroup. […] A post that spawns a long thread, humiliates many StarBand customers, and brings lots of other ex-StarBanders out of the woodwork I figure to be worth extra, and deduct proportionally more from the amount that StarBand owes me.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:StarBander.

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