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Care to share which company ? Hows the latency and bandwidth speed with satellite.

modzu 6y ago
if you're old enough to remember dialup, its sort of like that.
KMnO4 6y ago
Sure, the company I'm with is Xplornet. I'm not happy with them but they're the only option until Starlink. Bandwidth is around 2-5 mbps on a perfect day. Will frequently drop to 500kbps depending on the time of day, weather, etc. Several times per month I'll lose internet completely, and particularly bad storms have knocked out my internet for several days before. I can sometimes watch YouTube on 240p, streaming music isn't too bad, and browsing text-based website (ie HN) are slow but palatable. Once the monthly cap is hit, the speed drops to 128kbps which is pretty much unusable (even for text websites). Latency is also pretty bad. Real time conversations aren't really possible, but thankfully Zoom has a phone dial-in option. Here's an example: PING 1.1 (1.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=635.123 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=839.064 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=661.220 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=584.197 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 4 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=58 time=629.539 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 6 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=58 time=733.270 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=58 time=658.290 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=58 time=590.062 ms ^C --- 1.1 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 27.3% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 584.197/666.346/839.064/78.501 ms
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  I'm in the process of setting up a console-based laptop just to see what I can accomplish. You might want to check out the command-line based reddit client 'rtv'. It even supports opening up links/images in your browser of choice. Supports login/comments/upvotes/downvotes. I've found lynx to be quite useful for reading The Star, The Globe and Mail and The Economist as a clean wall of text without any annoying paywalls. Even found some radio streams (okay, bassdrive.com) that sound pretty good at 32kbps on AAC.
- upofadown 6y ago
  Xplornet is famous for overpromising and underprovisioning. Your experience is a perfect example of the scam here. Presumably Xplornet will be filing requests for this new funding. They will then in return provide lots of new service that in theory can meet the criteria but in practice never will.
  - Scoundreller 6y ago
    > Presumably Xplornet will be filing requests for this new funding. I'm sure they already have them filled out. After all, they designed them.

if you're old enough to remember dialup, its sort of like that.

Sure, the company I'm with is Xplornet. I'm not happy with them but they're the only option until Starlink. Bandwidth is around 2-5 mbps on a perfect day. Will frequently drop to 500kbps depending on the time of day, weather, etc. Several times per month I'll lose internet completely, and particularly bad storms have knocked out my internet for several days before. I can sometimes watch YouTube on 240p, streaming music isn't too bad, and browsing text-based website (ie HN) are slow but palatable. Once the monthly cap is hit, the speed drops to 128kbps which is pretty much unusable (even for text websites). Latency is also pretty bad. Real time conversations aren't really possible, but thankfully Zoom has a phone dial-in option. Here's an example: PING 1.1 (1.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=635.123 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=839.064 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=661.220 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=584.197 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 4 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=58 time=629.539 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 6 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=58 time=733.270 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=58 time=658.290 ms 64 bytes from 1.0.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=58 time=590.062 ms ^C --- 1.1 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 27.3% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 584.197/666.346/839.064/78.501 ms

Scoundreller 6y ago
I'm in the process of setting up a console-based laptop just to see what I can accomplish. You might want to check out the command-line based reddit client 'rtv'. It even supports opening up links/images in your browser of choice. Supports login/comments/upvotes/downvotes. I've found lynx to be quite useful for reading The Star, The Globe and Mail and The Economist as a clean wall of text without any annoying paywalls. Even found some radio streams (okay, bassdrive.com) that sound pretty good at 32kbps on AAC.
upofadown 6y ago
Xplornet is famous for overpromising and underprovisioning. Your experience is a perfect example of the scam here. Presumably Xplornet will be filing requests for this new funding. They will then in return provide lots of new service that in theory can meet the criteria but in practice never will.
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  > Presumably Xplornet will be filing requests for this new funding. I'm sure they already have them filled out. After all, they designed them.