Does the satellite delay have a negative effect on the performance of HughesNet compared to ADSL?
HughesNet broadband Internet access has comparable performance to terrestrial ADSL solutions. With a satellite service, data must travel up to the satellite and back (about 45,000 miles). This round trip adds less than a second’s delay to the total time your computer takes to communicate with a Website or host server. For most web-based or file-transfer applications this delay is not noticeable. You will only notice this delay when using a real time application such as video conferencing or gaming.
