Re: Satellite Connection?

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From: Erik Max Francis
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:22

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Ph@Boy wrote:

> Just got moved out in the sticks and got the only thing with decent D/L 
> speeds. Satellite Internet. My only other option was dial up. Any luck 
> using this playing? Anyone playing Urban Terror in this group? Ping time 
> is a gruesome 500ms.  Any advice is appreciated.

That's going to be true for most wireless links.  Some have decent 
bandwidth, but they'll all have pretty bad latency.

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Erik Max Francis && max@alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/
San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis
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