[plug] Leaving list

[Adam Hewitt]

I have done quite a lot of work with a  Telstra partner in regards to 
two and one way satellite in rural WA and NSW. The latency is rather 
high, around the 900-1000ms mark for two way. Telstra in their 
omniscience believe that they have recently discovered an amazing 
product of one-way satellite with ISDN back channel which drops the 
latency to around the 600ms mark (never mind that this has been 
happening for years).

I am not sure what the costing of this service is, however I do know 
that the ISDN is a flat fee and always on with free calls.

*shrugs*

Adam.


On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 03:38 PM, Chris Caston wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> Try satellite. According to the Bigpong website you can get it anywhere
> Aust wide.
>
> The latency is probably rather low, however, unless they've setup low
> orbit satellites which I doubt.
>
> regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 17:42, Kevin Shackleton wrote:
>> Regrettably I have to leave the PLUG list as I am unable to receive
>> emails at any reasonable rate at my present location near Dandaragan.
>>  Although I can usually connect at around 20 kbps, my median 
>> throughput
>> is about 300 bytes per second.  I have been connected 2 hours just to
>> receive about 300 emails of which more than half are PLUG.  HTTP is a
>> non-event.
>>
>> I asked Westnet about setting up quality of service metrics but 
>> received
>> a blank stare - perhaps they share a little of the problem with Dick 
>> Alston.
>>
>> Another time . .
>>
>> Kevin.
>>
>>
>
>
>
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