Originally Posted by
terrier
VOIP won't be an issue. The Row 44 system uses geosynchronous satellites, which means latency too high for voice calls.
I believe it's using the Hughes constellation (formerly Direcway, formerly DirecPC.)
Don't expect particularly zippy performance.
Good Point! The latency with satellite is terrible 500 to 1200ms ping times. FWIW not only would VoiP be nearly useless, the latency would probably cause a lot of havoc with VPN's for the business types as well. Casual albeit slow surfing and some email connectivity is about all its good for.