My MCSE instructor has DirecTv internet and says the latency has gotten better but it's still there.... and it's not too bad if your surfing or checking email, but it'll be a problem if you play online games. Also you can't just throw a router on it and connect more computers to the net, you have to use their special router(more money!). My instructor has it run through his pc with internet connection sharing turned on.... so he can connect several more pcs to the net.
Though I do work for InsightBB, I had DSL through BellSouth and it worked fine, but currently I have InsightBB, I got similar speeds through DSL, but I lived 1.5 blocks from a central office, so I was a anomaly. InsightBB is also a local company(so to speak) it hq's are in NYC, but it's biggest area is Louisville, and that 's most of it operations are located, but you could alos say that about BellSouth too........ Also you can use AIM without having a AOL subscription, plus iChat works with AIM too...... and there are many free chat clients for the pc that use the AIM system.... Hope this helps, John On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Nelson Helm wrote: > Darn speed of light is just too slow! > > I read that persons standing on the sidewalk below hear Big Ben, the > bell at the Houses of Parlement, after Australian listeners to the > BBC. Signal goes to Australia at speed of light, in less time than to > sidewalk at speed of sound. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1903 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050128/60e2f8ef/attachment.bin
