Wayfarers of Veeshan

Hello WoV,

I was wondering if anyone out there is using a satellite internet provider. I recently moved out to a very rural area (my new neighbors are a pack of coyotes). I signed up for Wild Blue but at just the basic price level it's quite slow even for just minimal web browsing. Is anyone playing on a satellite service, if so what is it?

~the ghost of Durezil's past

Oh my gosh. I hope Maden sees this post. He's the only one I know who uses it, and it doesn't perform really well for him.

Sounds like a neat neighborhood, though, Dure! Going to ruralize a bit, eh?

My understanding is that satellite for just about anything is quite fast, except gaming. The reason is that satellite transfers large packets of info at a time. This transfer is at lightning speed but there is a time delay between transfers. In game, this means that you lag, lag, lag, then all of a sudden everything snaps into place. Rinse and repeat.

Disclaimer: I am just repeating what I heard and I only have a hazy idea at best. Now someone who really knows can correct me

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Arbrah Taughe - 81 drakkin druid
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One of my friends is using Hughes net. It's some kind of satellite internet thing. He said it's faster then a phone modem, but slower then dsl.

if you get cell phone reception where you live, you may be able to get a service from one of those providers, my inlaws just moved to this from satalite and its way faster(bell, rogers offer this in my area)

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The cell idea is a good one, they just need to make sure to find out their data allowance, and keep track of their usage. For example, Verizon is 5gigabytes/mo for $60 and something like $2 per megabyte after that.

Probably fine for general gaming but you wouldn't want to be in the habit of leaving your chars up for extended afks.

Thanks for all the info.

Yeah it's pretty rural. I had to put in almost a mile of water line and phone line to reach the nearest utility. And cell service is intermittent. But it's gorgeous! Here's a pic of me and my buddy Mike down in the creek (I'm the one in the cowboy hat)
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Can you see that one?

~the goathearder formerly known as Durezil...

Can't see the pic :(

edit: Now I see it! That's beautiful. Are there trout in that stream?

Ohhhhh, it's gorgeous! You lucky thing to live in such a free, natural place.

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Arbrah Taughe - 81 drakkin druid
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle

i have had both hughes and wildblue..just me but wildblue is better if you have a problem..speed will alwas be slow

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Beautiful pic.

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