ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite

An anonymous reader writes "Last Thursday, ViaSat announced pricing for its new home broadband service, which is set to deliver 12 Mbps+ download speeds (3 Mbps+ up) beginning next week for $50 per month. Engadget just dropped by the company's demo home just a few feet from the Engadget trailer at the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot to try it out, and posted their review." The comments there, understandably, wail for information about how much data that $50 buys.

Re:Speed of light says the latency will be bad.

[rubycodez]

that's why I use straight path neutrino beams through the planet. I quit using CERN's neutrino source though, because of the negative latency. It's annoying to get the results of a command while I'm still typing it.

Re:You don't consider Farmville gaming?

[darthdavid]

And there are a lot more McDonald's than 5 Star Restaurants in the world. Does that mean micky-d's is gourmet now?

Re:Speed of light says the latency will be bad.

[darthdavid]

I actually like pre-cognitive commands, makes things interesting. It's why I switched form neutrinos to tachyons actually...

Re:Actually there is something else I would like t

[VJmes]

If every American gamer used a satellite connection maybe some Australian's and Europeans would start winning a few online matches.

Re:Ping

[PNutts]

>Try having VOIP with 600ms of latency, or just a video chat. It is incredibly annoying.

I           ouldn't         agr             more.

Re:lots of land, no line

[noh8rz2]

I recently assisted a gentleman on HughesNet with a ping of 1008.

what's hughesnet? from your description is a nsfw video chat thing, and I don't want to check on my work computer.

Re:Ping

[Tumbleweed]

There are quite a few more gamers than you think out in the country.

Cow-tipping is not a game.

It's a sport! :)