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Re: WISP vs. Satellite I'm in Michigan and have wireless.. I ping extremely low considering the # of hops and distance away from me that googles server(s) are. Definitely look into the wireless.. You may luck out and get a great provider like I did. VOIP is rock solid BTW. I hold a constant 4.3 - 4.7 on »www.testmyvoip.com tests. Which is awesome..
Pinging www.l.google.com [72.14.203.104] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=240
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=240
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=240
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=240
Ping statistics for 72.14.203.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 21ms, Maximum = 22ms, Average = 22ms |
| Nice pings there  That's the real difference in Sat v about any other form of broadband and why sat service remains at the bottom of the pile in choices for many people. Latency is extremly important to me and the reason why I'd rather stay on dial up and wait for a WISP to cover my area versus getting satellite service even though I'm paying $40 monthly just for an extra phone line and dial up service.
For casual surfing and those that just want to download files I can't see how satellite service would be all that bad. If you want to do any gaming, voip, web cam, voice chat, etc etc you don't want to be on a satellite connection. The other issues for satellite service is weather related problems that do not seem to effect wireless as bad. |
