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David Pashley

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Jun 25, 2002, 11:41:02 AM6/25/02
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We have finally managed to get BT's 2 way satellite service installed after
2 months of waiting. We put the order in on the 18th April and had it
installed last Saturday.

We are meant to get 500/150 bandwidth, but so far a received nothing like
that performance. Today I downloaded 5099K in 1h2m16s. I would have
expected this to take about 90 seconds. This is performing about the same
as a 14K modem.

Has anyone else had experience of BT's satellite service?

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news.uk.xo.com

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Jun 26, 2002, 1:14:54 PM6/26/02
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I thought BT only offered a one way sat link? Or have you paid silly money
for a corporate sat connection?

.Ray


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Kevin

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Jun 27, 2002, 5:23:26 AM6/27/02
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"news.uk.xo.com" <xx...@xxxxxxnothing.org> wrote in message
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> I thought BT only offered a one way sat link? Or have you paid silly money
> for a corporate sat connection?
>
> .Ray

http://www.btopenworld.com/satellite/ :)

Kevin


Paul Munro

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Jun 27, 2002, 9:11:13 AM6/27/02
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I had mine installed around 2 months ago, I get speed around 500/75 in
general. Is the software that comes with the system installed
correctly? Your proxy setting for HTTP should be

localhost 9877, for instance..

I've had a few glitches with things like email, but in general the
system has met expectations. This is what leads me to think your not
benefitting from the software acceleration.

in response to the previous response, BT are trialing a one way
system, BTOpenworld provide a twoway "Gilat" managed system as use by
tiscali.

Paul.


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Tim Timmins

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Jun 26, 2002, 2:18:38 PM6/26/02
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news.uk.xo.com wrote:
> I thought BT only offered a one way sat link? Or have you paid silly money
> for a corporate sat connection?
>

They do a 2-way link these days. http://www.btopenworld.com/satellite/


Adam

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Jun 27, 2002, 9:12:56 AM6/27/02
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I had this system installed and had the same thing, coupled with high ping
times (8000ms+) and frequent disconnects, after 3 weeks I cancelled my
contract and they came to collect it.

In my opinion its cr*p however others have had better luck......


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PH

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Jun 27, 2002, 6:06:09 PM6/27/02
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"Adam" <broadba...@NOSPAMbtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> I had this system installed and had the same thing, coupled with high ping
> times (8000ms+) and frequent disconnects, after 3 weeks I cancelled my
> contract and they came to collect it.

Did you get a full refund ? I'm starting to think that satellite is going to
be my only option for a broadband connection at my current location apart
from 802.11 "wifi"-ing to a friend 2 clicks down the road when his exchange
is upgraded in 6 - 9 months time.

de Phill.
Ashington, Sx.


David Pashley

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Jun 28, 2002, 5:56:16 AM6/28/02
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Paul Munro wrote:

> I had mine installed around 2 months ago, I get speed around 500/75 in
> general. Is the software that comes with the system installed
> correctly? Your proxy setting for HTTP should be
>
> localhost 9877, for instance..
>
> I've had a few glitches with things like email, but in general the
> system has met expectations. This is what leads me to think your not
> benefitting from the software acceleration.
>
> in response to the previous response, BT are trialing a one way
> system, BTOpenworld provide a twoway "Gilat" managed system as use by
> tiscali.
>

[snip]

We are partially a linux shop and use linux servers and firewall. They do
claim with the 500/4 service that it will work with any operating system.

The VSAT box does have a webcache which we are using, but we are still not
seeing anywhere near the performance promised. It doesn't help with other
protocols like smtp or nntp. The service is sold as a 512/150K IP service
not web service and as such I expect all protocols to work at that speed.

David Pashley

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Jun 28, 2002, 5:59:45 AM6/28/02
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Adam wrote:

> I had this system installed and had the same thing, coupled with high ping
> times (8000ms+) and frequent disconnects, after 3 weeks I cancelled my
> contract and they came to collect it.
>
> In my opinion its cr*p however others have had better luck......
>
>

[snip]

We are getting pings in the region of 700 to 2500ms. I can live with the
700ms, but 2500 is silly. I seem to be disconnected from IRC a couple of
times a day. and IRC is not the most bandwidth intense protocol in the
world and that is without anyone downloading anything.

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David Pashley
da...@davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.

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Aaron Turner

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Jun 28, 2002, 8:59:42 AM6/28/02
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PH <phill_d...@btinternet.com> wrote:
: Did you get a full refund ? I'm starting to think that satellite is going to

: be my only option for a broadband connection at my current location apart
: from 802.11 "wifi"-ing to a friend 2 clicks down the road when his exchange
: is upgraded in 6 - 9 months time.

Same situation here, but no obliging friend.

Aaron Turner

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