Web browsing with Satellite broadband

ifconfig

In about a year and a half assuming planning permission,etc I will move into
a new house which is in a region in Connaught which is relatively low density
population and satellite broadband will be my most likely mode of getting
broadband. I don't mind shelling out for the heftyish installation for the
gear. The monthly costs are steep enough but maybe by then they might
have come down a wee bit.

Anyway - can anyone who has used Satellite solutions for broadband,
eg digiweb tell me how it compares to fixed line consumer DSL.
I know that pings and interactive stuff like online games will suffer
with satellite. What about general web browsing. I like photography
and look at photo galleries to understand photoshop techniques,
digital exposure,etc. My brother told me he knows of a guy who has
had satellite broadband installed and he noticed web browsing to
be impacted compared to what he was used to with fixed line DSL.
I wondered if it was the browser settings he was using (threading
behaviour when downloading images,etc). I use Firefox and Mozilla
for browsing (I hate IE with a passion but that's another story).

Anyway broadly what I am looking for are testimonials from folks
who have used satellite broadband. I am certainly aware that
there are compromises (particularly upstream QOS) for satellite
which is just a reflection of the modality of satellite itself (slow
uplinks).

Anyway.. what should I expect (please no flaming !)

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Drapper

http://www.irelandoffline.org/home/staticpages/index.php?page=20030903212126750

This tell you what you want o hear ! be careful of some products as the DL is fast but its uses your phone line to UL.

ifconfig

Thanks for the quick reply.
I don't think I am thinking about the lower grade solution which requires
fixed line for upload. I am thinking of the satellite solution which uses
bidirectional for download/upload. Or.. hmm.. maybe I've got it wrong
is the fixed line upload solution used to address the slow uplink issue
or to cut the costs of the solution?

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Drapper

ifconfig wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply.
I don't think I am thinking about the lower grade solution which requires
fixed line for upload. I am thinking of the satellite solution which uses
bidirectional for download/upload. Or.. hmm.. maybe I've got it wrong
is the fixed line upload solution used to address the slow uplink issue
or to cut the costs of the solution?

--ifconfig

IS there no WAN in your area? Are you far in the country? let me know your location !

:-)

there is a company in the midlands called lat mile wireless they offer WAN internet access........

http://www.lastmile.ie/

ifconfig

Drapper, I've dropped you a PM with details of potential location.
My guess is it is too sparsely populated to warrant a last mile wifi
connection but then again... things change over time.
Maybe by then broadband will be like water. Actually in the location
I am looking at even getting water supply is tricky (need to connect
to a local water scheme with no guarantees that they would
be willing to let us connect!)