[Hidden-tech] HughesNet reviews

[Greg Caulton]

Thanks for the detail, Sam :-)

How would satellite be for watching live events, eg: sport? Is that the same as watching movies?

Greg
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> On Oct 1, 2017, at 12:31 AM, Sam McClellan <sam at itabix.com> wrote:
> 
> Apparently Hughesnet is 25 Mbps download and 3Mbps upload. DSL is 
> usually between 768Kbps and 1.5 Mbps so satellite should be much 
> faster.  Speed of DSL is highly dependent on your distance from the CO 
> (Central Office, the switch where your phone line separates from the 
> main line), if you're far enough away it will either be very slow or at 
> around 18,000 feet away you won't be able to get it. Also, not all CO's 
> support DSL.
> 
> As mentioned, the two problems with satellite are latency and weather. 
> Latency is very high so it's fine for watching movies (all one way) but 
> there is noticeable lag time after you click when browsing websites 
> (between .7 and 1.2 seconds compared to around .01 to .07 seconds for 
> DSL, depending) and terrible for time-synchronous applications (video 
> calls/conferencing or online gaming).
> 
> Sam
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