Re: [LUNI] Who lives on the west side of St. Charles? >> satellite

From: Dan Yocum (yocum@linuxcare.com)
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 12:41:32 CST

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    jeff@gerhardt.org wrote:
    >
    > >That or I might go the satellite route through DirecPC or
    > > StarBand, but the latency will suck (no playing Tribes2 ;-).
    >
    > Direct PC sucks big time. However, we were impressed with the beta of the
    > Starband System. They are supposed to have a new generation of equipment
    > available in like 3 months that has solved some of the latency issues. We

    60,000 mile round trip, is still 60,000 mile round trip. Light's fast
    but it ain't infinite. "Remember 186,000 mps isn't just a good idea,
    IT'S THE LAW!"

    ;-)

    Cheers,
    Dan 

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