The Equator and internet service??
Does being closer to the equator have anything to do with internet service? Up North it could be raining, sleeting, snowing cats and dogs and I ALWAYS had internet service. Here in Florida, EVER...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
I had problems, finally found out about the forums at http://www.dslreports.com/- they have specific forums for ISPs. Got on, talked to the Brighthouse guy. and they sent the lead tech out, changed everything at our place, finally found the bad hardware a few miles away.
Now I get rock solid 100Mbps down, 10 up (and there are 2 tiers faster, if I want).
And- no part of the Internet is via satellite, unless you have a sat internet provider. It's all fiber optics- satellites have far too much latency.
Agreed. And rarely is voice routed through satelite unless you are looking for a long delay. If you have ever talked over a satelite phone it is a very awkward experience unless you are going thru a Low Earth Satelite. Thats why consumer lines are all through microwave (mostly in mountainous areas) and fiber/copper every where else.
