Satellite Internet

[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 gaming.  But had no trouble with dropbox.
>
>Kevin
>On Sep 12, 2011 6:20 AM, "Lyle Tuttle" 
><<mailto:l.tuttle at cox.net>l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:
> > 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 would have access to
> >>cable or DSL. Now I see living and working more rural might be an option.
> >>
> >>Anyone using Satellite Internet? If so what is your experience?
> >
> > My sister-in-law uses it as she lives on top of a mountain in
> > Colorado.......ok for email, but not good for Dropbox xfers, Skype -
> > voice or voice w/video. Too much delay drops connection.........
> >
> > Which satellite service did you check? I'm not sure what hers is, 
> will check.
> >
> > lyle tuttle
> >
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