Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-23 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 18:54 +, Mel Beckman wrote: > It’s not really oversold bandwidth. It’s just that the turnaround > time for a bolus of data is too long for two-way video conferencing > to be smooth or reliable. It’s like video conferencing using post > cards :) Except that

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-22 Thread Olav Kvittem via NANOG
On 21.04.2020 20:59, Brandon Martin wrote: On 4/21/20 2:35 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: Interesting. So basically as Mel said, over-sold network. :-( This is pretty typical of consumer VSAT and such. You can of course get better performance...if you're willing to pay for it. If you find

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Brandon Martin
On 4/21/20 2:54 PM, Mel Beckman wrote: > It’s not really oversold bandwidth. It’s just that the turnaround time for a > bolus of data is too long for two-way video conferencing to be smooth or > reliable. It’s like video conferencing using post cards :) Are consumer satellite provider networks

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Brandon Martin
On 4/21/20 2:35 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > Interesting. So basically as Mel said, over-sold network. :-( This is pretty typical of consumer VSAT and such. You can of course get better performance...if you're willing to pay for it. If you find the right carrier/re-seller, you can perhaps

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Mel Beckman
It’s not really oversold bandwidth. It’s just that the turnaround time for a bolus of data is too long for two-way video conferencing to be smooth or reliable. It’s like video conferencing using post cards :) -mel > On Apr 21, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > > On Tue,

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 11:11 -0700, Sabri Berisha wrote: > Hi, Hi, > Where I worked, phy transmissions are scheduled based on tokens. A UT > must have a token to transmit data. If there is no congestion, a > token will be available and the UT or ground station may transmit. > Congestion does not

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Sabri Berisha
Hi, I used to work for a satellite ISP, and if I'm not mistaken Xplornet is buying bandwidth of my previous employer. That does not mean that your friend is on the same service. Where I worked, phy transmissions are scheduled based on tokens. A UT must have a token to transmit data. If there

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Adam Thompson
M To: Brian J. Murrell Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service? Brian, Satellite services are shared bandwidth broadcast systems. The behavior you’re seeing is pretty common at times when you’re competing for access with other users

Re: xplornet contact or any experience with their satellite service?

2020-04-21 Thread Mel Beckman
Brian, Satellite services are shared bandwidth broadcast systems. The behavior you’re seeing is pretty common at times when you’re competing for access with other users. Just like the regular Internet, there are times of day when people tend to move more data, and because of latency and other