When I opened the message, I found that Tony Lowe had written:
> A friend of mine had satellite for a while before cable became
> available in his area. DirectPC or whatever it was called at the
> time. He was happy with it, except for game play; just too much
> latency for that. It was kind of expensive at the time ($80/month a
> think), even compared to most cable and DSL connections.
>
> If you are out in the boonies with no other options available, it
> would definitely be better than dialup. Dialup, even on it's best
> day, runs at a snails pace. As the web becomes evermore graphics
> intensive, dialup appears less and less appealing. I honestly don't
> think I could stand it if I had to go back to dialup after having
> broadband for 3 years. (Ew. Just had shivers run down my spine. <grin>)
Thanks, Tony.
No, dial-up makes my heart skip and my blood pressure to rise
<smile>.
DirecWay is still expensive!
Regards,
Jim
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