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Satellite modem options
Hey Mark, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm guessing that you, like myself, are rural enough "on the other side of the Rap" where your options were limited and so Hughesnet seemed the logical choice? If in fact that is the case, do you also experience the latency you spoke of to the point where watching a short 1-2 minute, medium quality streaming video clip becomes an exercise in futility.
I became so frustrated with things that I went out to Best Buy and made a serious upgrade to my modest,older, Dell laptop. Sadly, the result was an even slower (if that's even possible), constantly buffering viewing. Needless to say, that sweet Asus laptop will be returning to the friendlier confines of Best Buy shortly.
At best the only videos I watch are short minute or less types of things that people might post on twitter. Those I might get an initial buffer period, but work fine afterwards.
I try to limit any substantial video streaming to my phone when/if I have sufficient mobile signal. Audio generally works fine all the time, but even that I try to keep at a low rate, ~32/48 or so.
