On Friday 13 December 2002 03:58 pm, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:21:58 -0800 Tony Alfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting sales literature from my isp trying to sell me a > > DirectWay satellite link (the Hughes box). The sales support > > people tell me I gotta use Windoze (ugh, ugh, ugh) and I seem to > > remember seeing something about an upcoming unix port. > > Is anybody out there using this DirectWay setup, and better yet, > > are you using linux?? > > I have a client that uses it... She tells me there's a killer lag > between requesting a page and actually getting. I haven't a clue if > it's the speed of light limit or hardware problems t Huges.
Based on what I think the radius of a geosynchronous orbit is, the speed of light lag up and down two ways should be a little under 1/2 second. <g> -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd Rather Be Sailing" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
