On Jan 27, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Michael Robertson wrote:

> I think broadband from a satellite company like Dish is still pretty 
> expensive, last time I checked, around $120/month.

The satellite connections are forever going to be impractical for most 
people, even if their prices are comparable. This is because the 
latency caused by the time to get the signals to and from a satellite 
orbiting 20,000 miles up is too long.



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