Hi Tim, Gerhard,

Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 7:18:23 AM, you wrote:

> Good advice. I have one site that uses a Direcway "Business Class" 
> connection. The throughput is horrible during certain times of the day
> and there are only three users with email at the location.

> Using a VPN connection from there to our main office for certain apps
> is very slow. I believe the nature of the encryption algorithms used
> to make the VPN secure really messes with the satellite equipments 
> ability to efficiently compress the data.

> Tim

> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

>> I'd advise to test anything satellite before committing to it. Satellite
>> internet connections don't necessarily behave like other connections.
>> You're not even allowed to open a VPN channel over some of them.

Thanks for pointing this out! I'm supposed to talk to a satellite
ISP wholesaler this morning, and I'll bring this up.

-- 
Best regards,
Patrick Murphy
James Valley Colony
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