Re: Any experiences with Satellite Broadband?

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From: Patrick Rouse [MVP] (PatrickRouseMVP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:21:02 -0700

I've heard of many bad experiences with satellite Internet, as the connection
is highly latent, which is disasterous for a TS or Citrix connection.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Lewis Knight wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a client on a terminal server currently using ISDN.
> >
> > They have asked for my opinion on going to satellite bradband, from
> > what little I know of satellite (From gaming) I believe there can be
> > major issues with lag on the uplink side.
> > I would translate this into delay seen by the user when they were
> > typing text for example.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experiences/tips/thoughts they would care to
> > share with me?
>
> I haven't used it myself, but I've heard about lots of latency issues from
> other people. Of course, using TS mitigates some of it, as you aren't really
> dragging so much traffic across the connection. But is broadband not an
> option for them at all? What's the reason they want to switch from ISDN -
> cost?
>
>
>

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