I personally have never used it, but had a couple friends that had it out in the sticks a few years back and it works well enough. The fact that it's now bi-directional without the need for dial-up for outgoing information makes it much better. The real complaints always came down to cost. Jon Galbreath MCSE/Security+ Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Ph: 517-884-2144 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: Kramer, Jack [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Broadband Internet Via Satellite I would think latency would be rather high thanks to the guaranteed lag imposed by the speed of light and geosynch orbit. No idea other than that. ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 ________________________________ From: l duynslager <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: l duynslager <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:34 -0500 To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [MSUNAG] Broadband Internet Via Satellite Anybody out there have any recent experience with Satellite Broadband like that from Hughes? What plan do you have? How does it work for you? Any issues? Recommendations? We are looking into that for a remote location in Jackson County. It seems as if Verizon Mobile Broadband has a 5Gb cap and that is too small for my customers needs. LD Lee Duynslager LD Information Technology 107 CIPS Michigan State University 432-5296