Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Sunday 17 April 2005 10:48, M.Schild wrote:
I have heard that from next June, our poor modem connection will
be replaced by a satellite connection.
Anyone kknows how this works? requirements,, equipments, etc?
TIA
Maryse
No, but it can't get by the limitations set by physics :
If the satellite is in geostationary orbit the packets will have to
travel 2*36000 kilometers, which means a delay of about 1/5 of a
second. So, expect some latency.
Kaj Haulrich.
And won't you need your poor modem for the uplink?
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