Re: Satelite sucks might as wells tick with dial-up -

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nosx join:2004-12-27 00000 kudos:5	reply to BF69 Re: Satelite sucks might as wells tick with dial-up Too bad the latency over satellite makes any useful applications of high speed internet pointless. I have a friend on satellite and his latency over the first 2 hops is always around 700-1000ms. Satellite as a whole isnt useful for much more than web browsing and checking ur email. Realtime comm over apps like ventrillo, and most online games are just a joke on satellite.
nosx join:2004-12-27 00000 kudos:5	to forum · permalink · 2007-05-30 10:30:41 ·
SierraRob join:2007-01-10 Prather, CA	"most online games are just a joke on satellite" One interesting exception is World of Warcraft. As long as your pings are below 1000ms, WoW is actually quite playable on satellite. It probably would not be good for a rogue trying to do high-speed combo moves like a fighting game, but for a priest or mage like me, it works fine.
SierraRob join:2007-01-10 Prather, CA	to forum · permalink · 2007-05-30 11:01:57 ·

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