[X4U] Cheap satellite ADSL

[Kirk McElhearn]

On May 27, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote:

> After hassles and major expense with ISDN, I acquired a satellite  
> ADSL, cheap version giving me 256 up and 64k down. Of course I find  
> the speed heavenly, but then a one eyed man…
> Question is, can I operate a iSight on it or is the bandwidth too  
> slow? The Johannesburg Apple store were of the opinion I could.

Yes, you can. I'd suggest limiting bandwidth to 200 kpbs in iChat;  
you don't want it to try and use all your bandwidth.

This said, you must have 256 k up and 64 K down, since upload speed  
is always higher than download.


Kirk

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