Satelites have more latency than other services -- so, ftp would run very nice and quick and all, but something such as quake would be painfully slow.
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 05:30:00AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > Has anyone tried using direct-pc with Linux? > (thats the satellite inter-net connection. see > http://www.pdmnet.com/direcpdm.htm) They say you need > windows 95 (but so do alot of isp's that work with > linux) I can't get cable modem, or asdl where I live, > and this service is in the same price ballpark as isdn > but MUCH faster! > > > ===== > Amateur Radio, when all else fails! > > http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze > > Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or ..... > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
