Darren,
One thing you might consider is the latency that's inherent to
satellite systems. It wouldn't make much difference in a long file
download, but if you are doing interactive stuff (like telnet sessions)
the lagtime might be annoying.
Steve
At 06:11 PM 11/9/00 -0800, Darren C Vyff wrote:
>I live in BFE down in a little whistlestop known as Saginaw. There is
>fiber in front of my driveway running somewhere far far away. My point
>is that I am in a bandwidth DEAD zone. I have recently been offered the
>oportunity to purchase satellite bandwidth. It is CONSIDERABLY cheaper
>than running new telephone line or cable up my driveway. The catch is
>that I have to buy their box to upload supposedly. My question is does
>anyone know if sat-uplink is any different a setup than a normal net?--I
>mean with gateways, DNS, etc etc. I read the slashdot discussion--I'm
>just confused as to why I have to buy their box. Anyone know why?
>
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