Antarctic On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Steve Barnes <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: > Is that an African or English swallow? > > Steve Barnes > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Robert West > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:09 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Carrier pigeons faster then rural wierless? > > What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:52 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Carrier pigeons faster then rural wierless? > > Totally agree. > >>When your Internet has to go 22,300 miles, at best, straight up for its > first hop even the speed of light begins to feel slow. > > Speed of light = 186k miles per second. Light can travel that 22,300 miles > 8.5 times in one second. That's back and forth 4 times in the time you blink. > >>The median advertised download speed is 7Mbps. The reality is just over > 4Mbps. > > Because Farmville needs that last 3Mbps. You can watch Netflix at full > definition at those speeds. A hotel asked what their bandwidth was and we > figured it to be just about 4Mbps - a hotel with dozens or hundreds of people. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Steve Barnes <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: >> Talk about trash articles. This was terrible. I hope next time they >> do > one of these test they let us know so we can release a few hawks and a couple > of guys with 12 gauge shot guns. Not to mention you ever tried to copy 300gb > files from one computer to another over a standard 10/100 network. Pigeons > would come close on that one as well. Why did he stop with 10 pigeons why > not 100 then he could gripe about fiber being slow as well. Sheesh!!!! >> >> Steve Barnes >> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >> On Behalf Of John Thomas >> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:43 PM >> To: wireless@wispa.org >> Subject: [WISPA] Carrier pigeons faster then rural wierless? >> >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/it-8217s-official-carrier-pigeons >> -are-faster-than-rural-internet/173?tag=nl.e539 >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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