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" ><l.tuttle@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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss