On 12/13/02 19:46, Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Friday 13 December 2002 03:58 pm, Jerry McBride wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:21:58 -0800 Tony Alfrey
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> 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.
Actually, I'm fairly certain its even significantly less than that.
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