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[QUOTE="millenko, post: 212056, member: 25373"]
the biggest problem with satellite internet service is the ping rates between you and the servers you're connecting to. In my experience, you should expect 400-1000ms lag times, mainly a problem in online gaming, but still noticible in average browsing.

If you can get dsl or cable, either option would be much better. Of the two, dsl is the much better option due to the extremely low ping rates and high throughput. But, cable is still much better than dial-up. It is just much more succeptible (sp?) to lag spikes due to overcrowding on your node (neighborhood).

I have DSL service through southwestern bell, and I have nothing but good things to say. I pay 39.95/month for 384+down and 128up. I rarely drop below 1.54Mbs (T1 speed) approx. 145-160KB/s. I have a friend on cable and he is approximately in that speed sometimes, but in the evening, his speed dramatically drops, not to mention the fact that his pings are normall easily double mine on the same gaming servers (mine=30-45ms, his=75-100ms)
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