[SLL] Nationwide Internet: melting down?

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007, Jeanine Kern wrote:
>I've been mostly a lurker, but in light of this thread feel I finally have
>something to offer.
>
>I live in a very remote area of Snohomish County and have a satellite
>internet connection, provided by Hughes, but subcontracted through Earthlink
>(so I could keep my Earthlink email account).  I have had it for almost
...
>Anyway, I've had DSL when I lived in the city and this by far blows DSL
>away.  I have connectivity speeds rivaling high speed DSL.  

I assume that you don't do a lot of interactive things (e.g.
xterms over ssh connections).  I find the time lag inherent in
satellite makes for choppy sessions.

Bill
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