Satellite broadband questions

[Zenigata]

First off, does anyone have it? I'm told it's about the same as cable for downloads/uploads (2-way satellite, not 1 way + dial-up). It's basically the only option for high speed connections around here. I know the basics (high cost, etc.), but I'd like to know how it performs. How does it compare to DSL/cable/56k for gaming, downloading, general browsing, etc. Thanks a lot.

[Mman]

If you are gaming forget about it. Apperantly there is a naturally lag built into it. You dont notice it for downloading, but gaming is noticable.

[unit003]

my question is when you have a mini-dish outside city limits, how do you get anything that's better then dial-up?

[Zenigata]

Hrm, yeah I've heard satellite isn't good for gaming, but why exactly? I mean in technical terms. Can someone explain?

[Jimmy Carter]

There's a one second lag in every action. It's terrible for surfing; the best use for it is downloading very large files.

While surfing, you get a one second lag per item requested.

[Zenigata]

Ugh.. that sounds awful. Certainly not worth the insane cost anyway. I guess I'll just have to do without high speed internet

[Adrian]

Originally posted by Zenigata
Hrm, yeah I've heard satellite isn't good for gaming, but why exactly? I mean in technical terms. Can someone explain?

Packet loss.

[innova]

stay the hell away from it, its not worth it.