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On 29/07/10 11:12, Gordon Henderson wrote:
So, generally not very good then. Slow and expensive. Just wondered. It seems that nobody would use it unless forced to. That being so, there is not much likelihood of much improvement in the near future (because there are not many users, so not worth while for anybody to spend time and money on research).On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Neil Winchurst wrote:Recently there has been much activity on the list about broadband in this country. Rural areas seem to have the most problems. Now I don't know much about it, but I am wondering what is the current situation re satellite broadband? It would seem to me to be one solution for people who are a long way from any exchange etc. But then, what do I know. I would be interested to hear any comments from list members.It works - but it's relatively expensive with high latency, however I have used VoIP over a satellite link. Typically the vendors sell you a local box which is doing clever caching and compressing to try to make some things like web browsing go faster. Here's one company offering it: http://www.avcbroadband.com/ (I have no connection - just found them a while back when someone else asked me about it) Gordon
Is that a fair description of the current situation? Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq