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From Wild Blue's Web site: > ... the Anik F2 satellite is one of the largest commercial satellites ever > manufactured, and is in a geostationary orbit 22,500 miles above the equator > at 111.1° West Longitude. > That speed of light thing can be a pesky thing to overcome... :-) /rich On Nov 5, 2007 10:55 AM, Adam McDougall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Someone in my building mentioned signing up with WildBlue and I have not > heard any > complaints from him so far. I don't know what the latency is like, I > don't think > his suspected typical activities would reveal it. > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:26:51AM -0500, Troy Murray wrote: > > I've used DirecWay, customer support is horrible, latency is high, the > only > time you really see the speed is in the downloads, other then that it's > nothing like DSL or cable for browsing, more like twice a model speed, > based on my experience. >