Author: Victor Churchill Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Latency of Terminal Sessions [was]: Free .PDF of
Linux Format, magazine]
2009/3/4 Stephen Davies <stephen.davies@???>: > Quote Vic
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> Tying to remotely edit files when the latency
> is ~3 seconds ... stressful.
>
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> End Quote.
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> Yeah, just like trying to do the same over an X.29 session to a computer
> 3000+ miles away.
> (AlemBank, Almaty if you are interested)
Recently (pre MeltDown) I was seriously planning to sell up and move
to Southern Spain and continue my present $job telecommute from up on
some remote hillside. Availability of good dependable connectivity
(ideally broadband) was crucial to the Plan so I looked into it a bit.
There seem to be a lot of areas where fibre has not reached (heck,
where /copper/ hasn't reached) and folks use satellite connections. OK
for web browsing and emailing maybe, but the round trip time would
make server managing impractical.
