Re: Satellite Internet

2011-09-12 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Agree. Everything I tried had unbearable latency. On 9/12/11, Kevin Fries wrote: > I had HughesNet at my last place. Worked great, but high latency. So I > agree with the comment about bad for Skype, and would add online gaming. > But had no trouble with dropbox. > > Kevin > On Sep 12, 2011 6:

Re: Satellite Internet

2011-09-12 Thread Lyle Tuttle
She has: Wild Blue through Sierra Communications -- it is using one of those old-style big dish antennas. At 05:23 AM 9/12/2011, Kevin Fries wrote: I had HughesNet at my last place. Worked great, but high latency. So I agree with the comment about bad for Skype, and would add online

Re: Satellite Internet

2011-09-12 Thread Kevin Fries
I had HughesNet at my last place. Worked great, but high latency. So I agree with the comment about bad for Skype, and would add online gaming. But had no trouble with dropbox. Kevin On Sep 12, 2011 6:20 AM, "Lyle Tuttle" wrote: > At 04:41 PM 9/11/2011, keith smith wrote: >>I bumped into Satel

Re: Satellite Internet

2011-09-12 Thread Lyle Tuttle
At 04:41 PM 9/11/2011, keith smith wrote: I bumped into Satellite Internet today and found it has improved vastly. I'm thinking this opens up faster internet access to those rural areas where there is not DSL or cable Internet access. I work from my home so I was very careful to ensure I woul