Normally there's a modem for out-bound packets and the satellite delivers in-bound packets. Assymmetric, like Cable and ADSL.
Wade.
@home Shutdown
- (gdaustin)
- (50)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 03:13:06 PM EST
The major victim of broadband collapse will be . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (3)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 03:58:21 PM EST
Microsoft Bidding
- (gdaustin)
- (2)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 10:05:20 PM EST
A little birdy told me...
- (inthane-chan)
- (1)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 02:17:36 PM EST
If I had to guess
- (orion)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 10:46:37 PM EST
AT&T, huh?
- (admin)
- (2)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 04:20:53 PM EST
Good for ComCast...
- (gdaustin)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 10:09:41 PM EST
This might be the only good thing...
- (bepatient)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 11:15:37 AM EST
1/2 right, wait until unlimited to reply
- (boxley)
- (19)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 05:43:47 PM EST
Feel sorry for you guys down there...
- (jake123)
- (18)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 11:43:28 PM EST
its not the cable it is the circuits
- (boxley)
- (17)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 07:58:54 AM EST
Bill, can you elaborate?
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 03:55:40 PM EST
Pulling stuff out of the recesses of my cranium...
- (inthane-chan)
- (4)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 04:48:03 PM EST
Whingeing Monopolies
- (Meerkat)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 04:54:23 PM EST
Gracias.
- (Ashton)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 05:08:45 PM EST
so that's the problem
- (cforde)
- (1)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 05:12:17 PM EST
There are other reasons too.
- (inthane-chan)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 05:47:42 PM EST
I think I know what it is...
- (jake123)
- (1)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 02:19:49 AM EST
Back in 1986
- (orion)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 10:42:32 AM EST
Lessig, "Future of Ideas"
- (kmself)
- (8)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 12:53:41 PM EST
Succinctly put, so
- (Ashton)
- (6)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 04:40:35 PM EST
circuit aggregation
- (boxley)
- (5)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 08:51:45 PM EST
OK - you + Google helps
- (Ashton)
- (4)
- Dec. 5, 2001, 10:39:29 PM EST
actually wire all the neighbors via lan
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Dec. 6, 2001, 08:30:22 AM EST
Apartment buildings
- (Ric Locke)
- (2)
- Dec. 6, 2001, 09:34:47 PM EST
Seen that..
- (Ashton)
- Dec. 6, 2001, 10:35:13 PM EST
Got that
- (Silverlock)
- Dec. 7, 2001, 08:41:44 AM EST
You should take up philosophy then
- (ben_tilly)
- Dec. 7, 2001, 12:33:00 AM EST
Try satellite?
- (imric)
- (11)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 06:16:23 PM EST
Latency
- (kmself)
- (10)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 06:43:45 PM EST
Hmmm. Seems high.
- (imric)
- (8)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 09:48:57 PM EST
Geosync
- (kmself)
- (7)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 02:55:47 AM EST
You should go to me for that test.
- (static)
- (3)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 05:48:23 AM EST
Results:
- (kmself)
- (1)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 07:06:09 PM EST
Remember:
- (static)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 05:09:05 AM EST
Re: You should go to me for that test.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 10:05:29 PM EST
OK
- (imric)
- (2)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 06:16:24 PM EST
There's two out-and-backs
- (kmself)
- (1)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 07:01:01 PM EST
That's not how they usually do satellite for end-users.
- (static)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 05:19:18 AM EST
Re: Latency
- (gdaustin)
- Dec. 1, 2001, 09:54:13 PM EST
Here we have broadband competition
- (andread)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 01:25:58 PM EST
I'm on @home at home...
- (inthane-chan)
- (5)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 04:59:17 PM EST
Speakeasy works for me! *smile*
-NT
- (imric)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 06:15:11 PM EST
But, are you on ComCast@home or AT&T@home?
- (gdaustin)
- (2)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 10:22:25 PM EST
DSL Filters . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 10:51:34 PM EST
ATT.
- (inthane-chan)
- Dec. 2, 2001, 11:38:09 PM EST
I highly recommend going for an ISP that cares
- (tonytib)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 12:28:43 PM EST
Another one bites the dust!
- (orion)
- (1)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 12:37:45 AM EST
Re: The problem with Cable
- (a6l6e6x)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 09:32:02 PM EST
Good News
- (gdaustin)
- Dec. 3, 2001, 02:42:15 PM EST
Re: @home Shutdown
- (wharris2)
- Dec. 4, 2001, 08:00:12 PM EST