On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Tim Nelson <tnelson at rockbochs dot com> wrote:
> I just can't believe that with all the improvements and new developments in the network world that
someone hasn't come up with a broadband technology that can be run over tin cans and string yet
still have 1-2ms of latency!!!
>

Dang physics and that pesky speed of light.  ;)


> Seriously though... I can see the latency being a huge issue here. I just did a constant ping and
the latency is varying between 90ms  and 240ms... ouch. I'll continue to do some tweaking. Thank you
all for the great ideas and assistance!
>

Ouch!  Yeah there you go, that's going to have a very serious impact.
I'd see why it is that it's that terrible, are the upstream or
downstream on either side getting maxed out, or is it just a poor
connection between the two otherwise fine Internet connections.

-Chris