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On 1/31/2005 12:46 PM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
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| On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:18:26 -0600, Aaron Wyse <awyse@sw.rr.com> wrote:
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|>> 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
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|> 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
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| If he's desparate for high speed, check into microwave. availible in
| more rural areas than you might suspect but I don't know where you might
| be able to track down providers.
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| the setup fee is a killer since it involves antennea on both ends, and
| getting someone to shimmy up a tower isn't cheap, but apparently the
| monthlies aren't too bad.
If it's anything like the setup we had in college, forget it if you get
snow. Connection drops to almost nothing once the white stuff is in the
air.
Although...the bad nights *were* the ones where we couldn't see
buildings 50 yards away...can't expect too much I guess.
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