 netwirePremium
join:2001-04-27
Shelby, NC
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| erm The installation and service fee is ridicules, and I doubt they will find many people willing to shovel out such money. Even for those out of reach to DSL and Cable would be unlikely to go this route just for a high-latency service that's a little faster than dial-up.
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| No, it's significantly faster than dial-up, and the fees are high, but not something that's going to scare off people that would normally pay for DSL or cable.
They've actually made tcp/ip over satellite quite tolerable and in many places, it's not so easy to notice you're not on a terrestrial link. You'd be surprised, and you can thank companies like MTN for making it a possibility.
Older systems like the original DirecPC were simply trash.
But then, you're a ham radio operator, you already knew this because you know _everything_ about RF. |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | said by neferefre:
You'd be surprised, and you can thank companies like MTN for making it a possibility.
I have used MTN before. Worked on a cruise ship for three months. It was crap. Even when in port and not moving it was slow as hell. |
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 rchandraStargate Universe fanPremium
join:2000-11-09
14225-2105 | reply to neferefre
huh? There's simply no way around the physics of radio wave propagation and the distances involved. I SSH into servers at work from home all the time. If I had to do that all the time over satellite, I'd be spending a lot of time just waiting. |
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