The other thing to watch out for is if you use a VPN connection (like
for telecommuting), you may find yourself SOL if someone else is doing
likewise. One of the guys here at work has satellite, but apparently
everything goes through a proxy or firewall such that if any one
customer hooks up to a VPN, no one else can as long as they're
connected.
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:18:26 -0600, Aaron Wyse <awyse@sw.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I'll be sure to relay that info to a friend that's been considering getting
> one. If he moved closer to town he'd try to be rural..
> Aaron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: HIGH SPEED!
>
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:32:34 -0600, Aaron Wyse <awyse@sw.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Another rural alternative is satellite.. They now have them for 2 way
> high
> > > speed.. It used to be only on the DL side, but now you can do high speed
> for
> > > UL as well. It's not very economical yet, but still an alternative.
> > > Aaron
> >
> > unfortunately latency is as bad or worse than dailup with a satalite, so
> for general browsing it's not appreciably faster than 56k dailup. Larger
> file downloads are of course faster, but a terminal session is nigh
> impossible...
> > --
> > Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> > '98 Dakota SLT CC, 318/46RE/231, D44/Sterling 10.25, 4.10s, 35s on Humvee
> rims
> > '84 RamCharger Royale SE, 360/727/208, stock, 3.21s
>
>
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