When properly done, one way sat receive and use of a dialup phone
in the 20 to 26 kbps speed can perform much better than Hughes or
WildBlue. You're not really getting that much speed on your satellite
transmit side, truth be said. And the satellite transmit is probably adding
anywhere from 1 to 2 seconds of delay to your responses that eventually
come back on satellite receive. I have been testing a fairly new service
with the above parameters, and the first thing that I notice is a lack of
latency (little or no delay because the phone line is transmitting info to
the Internet, rather than a satellite link), and much better reliability.
When combined with the cost of a spare dedicated dialup line, it's in line
with the lower priced packages of WildBlue and Hughes...but typically
100 to 200 Kbps faster than either on the receive side, especially late
at night, when the variation absolutely soars.
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