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pitchblende writes "Our company works in remote locations in Northern Canada. We have been experiencing major communications problems with our current satellite service. We use satellite systems that go for about $1000 apiece, with $100/month in fees. The service is 'shared' rather than dedicated, and our VOIP, etc, has been getting worse by the day lately. From what I can tell, dedicated systems go for $30k and up. I hope someone(s) out there has some suggestions, recommendations?"

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  1. ... ... ... Latency? by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

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    What latency? It works great to me!

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  2. How's the latency? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Astronomical.

  3. You can by kellyb9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You should run a few hundred miles of ethernet cable down to Pennsylvania. I'll let you plug into my linksys router.

    1. Re:You can by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Unfortunately all we have in Canada is metric ethernet cable.

  4. Use Beaver Net... by gwn · · Score: 3, Funny

    never underestimate the bandwidth of a DeHaviland BEAVER full of cd and DVD's...

  5. Re:I'm no expert by timster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Exactly how small is "small"? Because a Linksys duct-taped to a Pringles can isn't going to cut it, even if you bolt some solar panels to the bottom.

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