[NTLUG:Discuss] Is Sprint ION Linux friendly?

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Tue Jan  9 16:53 CST 2001
> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:51:25 -0600
> From: Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org>
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Is Sprint ION Linux friendly?
> 
> Satellite is bidirectional now... no phone modem needed.
> 
> "Rauschuber, Chris" wrote:
> > 
> > It just seems to complicated for me.  If I need a modem/ISP for upstream and
> > use satellite for downstream, something is *bound* to go horribly wrong.
> > Not to mention the $300+ for equipment.

Yeah, but the latency sucks. Not to mention rain fade.