DirectWay/Linux?

[Tony Alfrey]

On Friday 13 December 2002 03:58 pm, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:21:58 -0800 Tony Alfrey 
<tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I'm getting sales literature from my isp trying to sell me a
> > DirectWay satellite link (the Hughes box).  The sales support
> > people tell me I gotta use Windoze (ugh, ugh, ugh) and I seem to
> > remember seeing something about an upcoming unix port.
> > Is anybody out there using this DirectWay setup, and better yet,
> > are you using linux??
>
> I have a client that uses it... She tells me there's a killer lag
> between requesting a page and actually getting. I haven't a clue if
> it's the speed of light limit or hardware problems t Huges.


Based on what I think the radius of a geosynchronous orbit is, the speed 
of light lag up and down two ways should be a little under 1/2 second. 
<g>


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Tony Alfrey
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