Doesn't it make you wonder how long it is going to take to link all this to cancer?! Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Callum Lerwick" <lerwick at tcfreenet.org> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22042] DirecPC > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > > > Only requires a 28.8 modem for upload. 56K modems only increase download > > speed, upload is still maximum of 33.6 and in practice that is a 28.8 > > upload. > > > > Also, I would avoid wireless Internet for your PC at all costs. The latency > > must be horrible. I have heard that it is as much as one second. Think > > about it, these satellites are in a high geo-stationary orbit above the > > equator. A photon can circle the planet 7 times in a second. Assuming a > > Yes, due to the distance involved, latency is horrible. Also, if you > think sharing cable bandwidth with the neighborhood is bad, think about > sattelite. You're sharing with the entire hemisphere. > > Sattelite is only good if landline is absolutely not possible. > > Apparently in phoenix they have a ground based wireless internet > service. Just plop a globe antenna thing on your roof and you got a nice > high bandwidth connection... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org