Re: Quicken file size - should I reduce?

JohnSmith <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:06:27 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Arthur Conan Doyle said

> JohnSmith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>It appears the slowness I'm experiencing is due to Satellite
>>internet. 
>>
>>When I utilize my phone as a hotspot (for my PC) Quicken runs quite a
>>bit faster.  I figure it's due to the looong ping times I experience
>>when using the satellite.     
>>(650ms on sat verses 41ms on phone hotspot. <gasp>   :-)
> 
> You may wish to consider switching to Starlink. Median latency is
> 60ms right now, with plans to cut that to 30ms or less.
> 
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-tries-again-to-reduce-starlink-laten
> cy-to-under-20-milliseconds 

Very interesting.  Do you have any experience with Startlink?  

(This must be why ViaSat just drastically cut their costs.  Finally some 
competition!)

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