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And then there...... Now Hi-Speed Net
I have never had, nor have I ever worked with satellite based internet, but
I do know it sucks. Here is why:
latency
lA-t&n(t)-sE
The time that elapses between a network request and the moment that request
is met. In networking, latency and bandwidth are the two factors that
determine the speed of your connection; latency refers to the time it takes
for a data packet to move across a network connection [or the network
circuit].
<http://www.netlingo.com/right.cfm?term=latency>
High bandwidth with a lot of latency still sucks!
Even at the speed of light, the distance traveled between point a (you),
point s (the satellite), point gs (ground station), and point ud (ultimate
destination) is often 10x that of strictly terrestrial based broadband. And
this is does not count the huge number of hops between the source and
destination.
-Marc on crappy cable modem because I'm 14,000 feet from my CO making me DSL
ineligible
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Dan Smith
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:04 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: And then there...... Now Hi-Speed Net
I'll tell you what not to do and that's get satellite internet. On paper, it
looks pretty good and pretty fast but in reality it sucks ass. Great for
downloading/uploading but for basic web surfing, you'll think you're still
using dial-up.
Dan
Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, some of us can't get High Speed. It just isn't available to
my neighborhood!
Kirsten hates my dial-up, but somehow suffers through it to upload her cool
videos. Really fun when
the connection breaks halfway through the upload too. I pretty much hate it
too, but what are you
going to do?
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: And then there was light at the end of the tunnel (SHOCKY
RUNS!)
> Rhett,
>
> Two words for you... High Speed Internet... (before you slam my ability to
> count words, go watch Cheaper By The Dozen)
>
> Don't want to spoil it for you but Kirsten is semi topless during the
> report.... LOL...
>
> Just kidding, Kirsten please don't be hatin', just picking on the poor guy
> since he can't see the awesome vids.
>
> BTW, Kirsten, Have you decided on your steering rack yet? Hit me up off
> list if you haven't.
>
> Dave
>
> David L. Winchell, II
> DavidWinchell2@sprynet.com
> 87 16V Scirocco
> 86 8V Scirocco
> 01 V6 Galant
> 00 Silverado
> www.cardomain.com/id/xavsbud
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Rhett Farnum
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:56 AM
> To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org; Kirsten Jensen
> Subject: Re: And then there was light at the end of the tunnel (SHOCKY
> RUNS!)
>
>
> That sucks!! The computers here on campus don't have Quicktime and I
> don't have the net at home so I can't see Shocky running :-(
>
> Rhett
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:28:46 -0400, David Utley
> wrote:
> > Congratulations! I am glad to see that that light at the end of the
> tunnel is not a train as Cathy persists! :-)
> >
> > One question, what EFI are you using? I was under the impression that
you
> were using factory EFI, not programmable EFI...
> >
> > Looks like a very nice job with all the details well-taken care of
before
> there is a possible problem. Although Dan and I have not always seen
> eye-to-eye, it appears that he has helped you build it right...
> >
> > Congratulations again to you both...
> >
> > David
> > >
> > > From: Kirsten Jensen
> > > Date: 2004/10/28 Thu AM 03:32:17 EDT
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: And then there was light at the end of the tunnel (SHOCKY
> RUNS!)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Well....
> > >
> > > Shocky runs....
> > >
> > > ...with video footage to show for it ; )
> > >
> > > I made a temporary October page that has the link to the new video
(and
> > > a link to the other one) as well as some info regarding current swap
> > > status etc:
> > >
> > > http://www.funksoulkitty.org/october/october.html
> > >
> > > YAY!!!! : ) : ) : )
> > >
> > >
> > > Kirsten -- Now with '79 Scirocco 20V....Shocky Jr.
> > >
> > > Sciroccos are my porn...AND....Have you hugged a Scirocco today?
> > > http://www.funksoulkitty.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
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