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10 December 2002, 10:22 PM
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OK - don't come in this forum often....
....however - does anyone here use satellite broadband - I am looking at Silvermead - £35 a month all in.
As I live in a field full of sheep it is unlikely that BT will get around to ADSL locally - at least not in geological time - threshold is 650 - there are 34 registrations of interest
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....however - does anyone here use satellite broadband - I am looking at Silvermead - £35 a month all in.
As I live in a field full of sheep it is unlikely that BT will get around to ADSL locally - at least not in geological time - threshold is 650 - there are 34 registrations of interest
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10 December 2002, 10:30 PM
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Hello
I don't use satellite Broadband, but have spent some time investigating it.
It really depends what you want to do with it: General browsing around the internet is a poor experience, as is on-line gaming. The reason is the time taken for the request to reach the satellite (in excess of 700ms as opposed to 30-40ms on Broadband and even 50-60 on IDSN!).
If downloading masses of, erm, "stuff" is what you do most, then satellite is okay. You will get a steady throughput of 50kbs with burst speeds of 200kbs(depending on your package).
Satellite *can* be effected by rain.
Steve.
www.GetEdenbridgeBroadBand.co.uk
I don't use satellite Broadband, but have spent some time investigating it.
It really depends what you want to do with it: General browsing around the internet is a poor experience, as is on-line gaming. The reason is the time taken for the request to reach the satellite (in excess of 700ms as opposed to 30-40ms on Broadband and even 50-60 on IDSN!).
If downloading masses of, erm, "stuff" is what you do most, then satellite is okay. You will get a steady throughput of 50kbs with burst speeds of 200kbs(depending on your package).
Satellite *can* be effected by rain.
Steve.
www.GetEdenbridgeBroadBand.co.uk
10 December 2002, 10:46 PM
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Depending on what you go for - uplink may be via telephone anyway. So if you want to upload content to web-sites etc then you're no better off.
As boxst says - it really only starts to look attractive if you really need to do large sustained downloads of "stuff"
Deano
As boxst says - it really only starts to look attractive if you really need to do large sustained downloads of "stuff"
Deano
11 December 2002, 08:42 AM
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Puff if you mean VPN over satellite broadband the answer is NOOOOOO!! with satellite you have a latency of at least 1500mS because of the satellite bit which makes VPN's quicker on dialup...
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Dave,
I got your email -thank you - the main issue I was concerned about was latency....and I think that has been answered.
I already have some of the hardware - the Silvermead proposition uses a Sky dish and a Satellite broadband modem. Uses ordinary dial-up for upload.
However being a country boy now - I have little or no chance of broadband over the next 3-5 years - my telephone line is so poor my best 'real' download speed is 19.2kbs (which is ****e) and I have a shiny new gargantuan PC that is faster than a fast thing driven by a fast driver!
Is grumpy with BT!
Trout
I got your email -thank you - the main issue I was concerned about was latency....and I think that has been answered.
I already have some of the hardware - the Silvermead proposition uses a Sky dish and a Satellite broadband modem. Uses ordinary dial-up for upload.
However being a country boy now - I have little or no chance of broadband over the next 3-5 years - my telephone line is so poor my best 'real' download speed is 19.2kbs (which is ****e) and I have a shiny new gargantuan PC that is faster than a fast thing driven by a fast driver!
Is grumpy with BT!
Trout
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