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| 419491 | 2006-01-09 22:30:00 | I'm away from home and the only connection I have here is a sattelite connection, I am trying to use Skype but there is a lot of delay and echo, even though this is suppose to be broadband connection - is that normal? | Balagani (9574) | ||
| 419492 | 2006-01-10 01:07:00 | I'm away from home and the only connection I have here is a sattelite connection, I am trying to use Skype but there is a lot of delay and echo, even though this is suppose to be broadband connection - is that normal?Short answer, yes it's normal. Long answer: Satilite is a heck of a round trip, programs that depend on low latency run very badly over it. Examples of this are VPNs, Terminal Services, Online gaming, and Voice Over IP. It's just a *really* big loop, there is no way around this. -Qyiet |
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