[ILUG] broadband access...

[John Moylan]

Alas,

This came up somewhere else about a year ago? here? can't remember. Anyway the problem is that you still have to do your up-link via the conventional methods. satellite is only good for downloading stuff.

John

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 12:25:33PM -0000, Smith, Graham - Computing Technician wrote:
> From: "Smith, Graham - Computing Technician" <Graham.Smith at it-tallaght.ie>
> To: "'ILUG'" <ilug at linux.ie>
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] broadband access...
> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:25:33 -0000 
> 
> I think for many people on this list, the latency could be 
> even more of an issue for doing remote administration stuff 
> - telnet and ssh, various tunnelling stuff and remote X or 
> vnc etc etc. 
> 
> I think is a market for people who are less concerned with
> speed of access, but more anxious to have an always on 
> connection. Personally i'd rather have 9600 bps always on
> than 56k dialup....  I dont think i could live with satelite's
> latency - i dont think its really usable for stuff like ssh
> and the other stuff i mentioned... 
> 
> G.
> 
> ___________________________
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hunt, Bryan [mailto:B.Hunt at emuse-tech.com]
> Sent: 06 February 2002 11:42
> To: 'ILUG'
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] broadband access...
> 
> 
> 
> How bad is the latency on satelite links ? 5 secs per http request, 10, 20 ?
> 
> --B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin)
> [mailto:breatpro at exchange.ie.ml.com]
> Sent: 06 February 2002 11:38
> To: 'ILUG'
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] broadband access...
> 
> 
> So *that's* where Error^WEircom got their pricing ...
> 
> P
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > hm...  seems rather windows oriented, but net via satellite?
> > 
> > http://www.educom.ie/
> > 
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