Never seen it, but my employer in 2005 or so was a retailer for one-way satellite with dialup return. It basically worked like that. They referred to it as a "dialup return" and the literature described it as using dialup for the uplink only, but in practice we found a lot of stuff used the dialup for downlink as well. DNS obviously, but also email traffic. I don't remember what else, but I recall we were a bit surprised by how much the satellite was NOT used. But if you think about it, every dialup connection to their data center added another 24.6k of bandwidth, while the satellite just is what it is. I say 24k because presumably these were rural people with long loops and they were never getting 56k.
Most people ended up on 2-way satellite because the cost was lower after you accounted for a phone line and dialup account. I guess I'm saying it's been done before and nobody liked it then, and they won't like it now. Maybe it's a way for Hughes to try to stay relevant so they can exploit the tail of the business cycle a little longer. -Adam From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Friday, August 09, 2024 9:54 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] Hughesnet Fusion Has anyone tried (or know somebody who has) Hughesnet Fusion? The scheme to reroute latency sensitive traffic over a cellular connection sounds like a Rube Goldberg to me, and it seems like at that point you'd be better off with Starlink, or 5G Home Internet from TMo or VZW. I mean, if your important traffic is going over 5G, why not just use 5G. Does it actually work as promised, for things like gaming?
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