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seveneyes

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10. I'll add that VPN over satellite is like watching paint dry

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:14 AM

Oct 2013

Aside from unacceptable caps, if you need VPN to work from home or any other reason, you won't be happy. 56k dialup is faster than VPN over satellite. With all the handshaking used in VPN, the latency makes it unbearable.

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Commie-Cast has intentionally slowed down my internet connection! [View all] xfundy Oct 2013 OP

not sure what commie-cast is but shit happens on the internet. bowens43 Oct 2013 #1

Comcast n/t R. P. McMurphy Oct 2013 #2

Commie-Cast? MineralMan Oct 2013 #3

Check the fine print on your contact...... zabet Oct 2013 #4

Comcast has a bandwidth cap, 250 or 300GB per month Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #5

Explain bandwidth cap for me please madokie Oct 2013 #6

Basically thats an allowance of data transferred per month Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #7

Thx madokie Oct 2013 #8

I'll add that VPN over satellite is like watching paint dry seveneyes Oct 2013 #10

Greatly exacerbated by the idiotic state of website design and implementation Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #14

I hear ya. My hosts file is full of widget/junklet IPs seveneyes Oct 2013 #15

Comcast is about as far from being Commie as ... well anything I can think of. :) nt LisaLynne Oct 2013 #9

It's all about control seveneyes Oct 2013 #11

Naw, it's not, but ... LisaLynne Oct 2013 #12

I left something out of the OP. xfundy Oct 2013 #13