[NLRS] BPL

[Clare Jarvis]

I agree with Barry that satellite is not good for real time.  I have used
it for real time applications and the delay is annoying.  It works well for
web browsing though.    Also wireless can high and variable latency.

Clare de K0NY   EN44db

> I do not want to get into a BPL discussion :-) ...:-(
>
> .......the problem with Internet satellite service is that it has high and
> variable latency ( delay time) and as a result is not acceptable for real
> time "competitive" on-line games. I have gone through 2 teenagers with
> this
> and the youngest is now 20 and as entheusiastic a "gamer" as I have ever
> been a ham.
>
> That is why I gave up dial up Internet so many years ago for  a  cable
> modem
> which always gives me 3-4 Mbps  and low latency.  BPL also promises low
> delay times.
>
> Best 73
> Barry VE4MA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>
> To: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>; "Clare Jarvis"
> <jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>; "Larry Larson" <LLARSON42 at MN.RR.COM>;
> "Northern
> Lights" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] BPL
>
>
>> PS on Ka Satellite Internet offerings - the speed is not limited to 1.5
>> Mbit/s.  That is entry level.  For higher rates (but still quite
>> reasonable) one should be able to go as high as 3.0 Mbit/s download ,
>> with
>> 1.0 Mbit/s upload.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>
>> To: "Clare Jarvis" <jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>; "Larry Larson"
>> <LLARSON42 at MN.RR.COM>; "Northern Lights" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NLRS] BPL
>>
>>
>>> The new Ka Band satellite offerings for Internet access should end most
>>> serious consideration of BPL in rural areas.  These services will be
>>> announced early in 2005 and will feature high speeds at affordable
>>> monthly prices  (about $35 /m for 1.5 Mbit/s downolad) using relatively
>>> low cost transceiving hardware.  They will be geared to competing with
>>> cable and DSL even in metropolitan areas, according to the industry
>>> scuttlebut up here in Canada.
>>>
>>> Bill VE4UD
>>>
>>
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Clare Jarvis
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Winona MN 55987
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