Re: [MLUG] Frame Relay or Better

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

My parents, when I was out there were getting MASSIVELY slow 
everything, request, download, etc.  Downloading at 5k a second, at 
BEST, is a bad sign.  I don't know if that's improved lately, but I 
remember when I was out there for Christmas, I could hardly even use 
their connection.  I almost borrowed the phone lines to dial in, as I 
felt that would have been faster.  I mean, right after that they 
managed to get the satellite adjusted slightly, which helped a bit, but 
it's still a major pain.
Jason

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On Apr 7, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Rick Buford wrote:

> Jason McIntosh wrote:
>
>> I'd like to toss out a quick note on the Satellite connection - 
>> parents got that as they live out in the country.  Let's just say 
>> they almost went back to dialup, as it was about the same speed, but 
>> didn't due to the hassle of having to use a phone line.  The quality 
>> is supposedly TOTAL crap, and the DirectWay people are horrible about 
>> fixing or working on it.  UGH.  In other words, satellite isn't there 
>> yet.  Annoys the hell out of me too because it's really bad when you 
>> consider the amount of money spent on it (DirectWay isn't cheap), how 
>> poor service you're getting.  Essentially, I feel like my parents are 
>> being ripped off by it, but no choice when you live out in the 
>> country.....
>> Jason
>
> One of the people at work got it, and has been pretty happy with it. 
> There's some pretty serious latency issues, so gaming is positively 
> out, but his description jives pretty well with a slow request 
> followed by quick download.
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