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[Tom Boucher <trekkie AT nomorestars.com>]

On Jan 6, 2004, at 1:23 PM, Ken Pugh wrote:

> I know someone who's tried satellite.  They're up in Maine.  The 
> connection works fine if nobody else is on.  It bogs down to less than 
> dialup speed in the middle of the day.
>
> Cable has the same problem when there are lots of connections on a 
> trunk, but it's probably much less noticeable since the total 
> bandwidth is a lot higher.
>
> Ken


Only bad thing about satellite is if say you're an IBM employee and 
have to use the IP Tunneling program to connect up.

The IPSEC application then makes dial-up look fast.  Apparently at the 
satellite level the protocol 'stacks up' data until it hits a good 
packet size and then fires it off.  IPSEC hates that delay.

I've not personally tried it myself but this is what the coworkers who 
got it told me.