Satellite Internet

[JD Austin]

Cell based internet has less latency than satellite; too bad they play games
with bandwidth :(

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:58, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Expect latency of 900ms and up
>
> this is simply based on the speed of light and the time it needs to
> travel from point A to point B
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You do understand that the satellite is 22,500 miles up.  Even if it were
> > directly above you, that means the signal round is to the satellite, back
> to
> > the ISP somewhere on earth, back to the satellite and back down to you
> the
> > round trip is a minimum of 90,000 miles.  At the speed of light, that is
> > about a half second.  Its really much further for any internet request so
> > latency always must be more than that.
> >
> > In fact, I really wonder where dns resolution is done.  Clearly a user
> with
> > their own dns server or caching would be imperative to avoid latency
> being
> > well over one second minimum to get name resolution plus getting data
> from a
> > web site.
> >
> > it would be interesting for someone using a satellite service to do
> > something like:
> >
> > dig yahoo.com | grep -i time
> > dig yahoo.com | grep -i time
> > dig cnn.com | grep -i time
> > dig ubuntu.com | grep -i time
> > dig cnn.com | grep -i time
> > dig ubuntu.com | grep -i time
> >
> > and post the results
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Bryan O'Neal
> > <Bryan.ONeal at theonealandassociates.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Agree. Everything I tried had unbearable latency.
> >>
> >> On 9/12/11, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> 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" <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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