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Nic Name · 10-10-2002, 12:38 PM

As you would know, the satellite highspeed is in download mode only and outbound communications are by dial-up modem at low speed.

The problems I've seen with relatives using satellite is that normal browsing is not enhanced by satelite because of the dialogue during web access.

The noticable advantages seem to be for serious downloading of larger files, which may be applicable for work related correspondence or other peer to peer sharing.

For normal browsing, it seems that noticable improvements in speed are achieved by faster computers, more ram and graphics acceleration to speed the page rendering.

I always recommend moving to the city, though.

10-10-2002, 12:38 PM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	As you would know, the satellite highspeed is in download mode only and outbound communications are by dial-up modem at low speed. The problems I've seen with relatives using satellite is that normal browsing is not enhanced by satelite because of the dialogue during web access. The noticable advantages seem to be for serious downloading of larger files, which may be applicable for work related correspondence or other peer to peer sharing. For normal browsing, it seems that noticable improvements in speed are achieved by faster computers, more ram and graphics acceleration to speed the page rendering. I always recommend moving to the city, though. Last edited by Nic Name; 10-10-2002 at 11:53 PM.