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Originally Posted by Howitzer
I'm thankful for my DSL and probably would not live in an area without good broadband since I need it for work, the biggest problem with your wild blue is the ping (latentcy) which is god aweful. Have you checked with your cellular carriers for wimax, evdo or 3g?
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That latency has to be the 22k miles to the satellite.
We basically are on the edge of the known universe so, cellular is spotty at the best of times. The only options then are satellite and wireless ISP LOS from various towers. None of the wireless broadband outfits wanted to play ball in a reasonable fashion (ie: everyone wanted $500+ for a POS tower that could make it LOS because we're in a low area) and I've heard horror stories about HughesNet so, I chose WildBlue.
Lesser of all evils.