On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 12:48:10 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 1/16/19 5:04 PM, % wrote:

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hard wire a satellite signal , nothing faster

Latency is often more important than speed.

In 2000 I had the first satellite service available here, Starband.
Terrible latency. It started bad, got worse, and became largely usable
during the 12.5 months of the "agreement". POTS was much better.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/


The dingbat is also wrong about "nothing faster".

https://www.wirefly.com/compare-inte...e-vs-satellite

Satellite internet is significantly slower than cable service. It also has a greater latency interval on average. Download speeds are generally from one to 15 Mbps, with upload speeds of one or two Mbps. Latency can range from 1000 to 2000 milliseconds. Satellite internet has sufficient speed for typical usage like email and web surfing, but high-demand usage like gaming or large video uploads can be extremely difficult.



My cable company offers basic service at 25Mbps and offer higher speeds
up to 400Mbps and it doesn't have big latency or depend on the weather.