I had Hughes Net a few years back and can confirm that SSH access was
pretty much intolerable for me.
The delay between what I was typing, and when it would actually show up on
the screen in the remote terminal was really annoying for me.
As mentioned in previous responses, I think you would want a low orbit
satellite internet provider, if you can find one for residential use.
In my case, I had a land line, but was too far out for ADSL, so I ended up
getting ISDN (*with unlimited local calling on my phone plan*).
Of course the SSH usage experience then was much better.
Al
On 06/22/2015 04:04 PM, Hugo Slabbert wrote:> Personally, 500-700ms of
delay is well within distinguishable range and
I don’t know what your location is but a wireless internet provider using Canopy or Ubiquity or whatever is much more preferable. Also cellular is used in “remote” locations with good results.
I know plenty of people "in the bush” that use these alternatives over VSat. I use the above over VSat when I am out on fishing trips to remote locations.
For truly remote where there is no options other than VSat <sigh> you need to live with the latency problems for now. Iridum is currently too slow and too costly. Maybe LEO or MEO in the future but not now.
I have used SSH from a transatlantic flight but the delay can weigh on you 
Tom
I don’t know what your location is but a wireless internet provider using Canopy or Ubiquity or whatever is much more preferable. Also cellular is used in “remote” locations with good results.
Using the UBNT gear if you can put together a link is really
what you want to do. The equipment is cheap as in disposable and if you
install it properly you should have almost no issues even with adverse
weather. Even using something like the NSM5 back to back and constructing a
multi-link path will end up producing nice results.
Make sure you have clear line of sight and plan for any tree
growth along the route. I've been using a WISP that has the UBNT gear for
years now with no outages attributed to the equipment.
I have used SSH from a transatlantic flight but the delay can weigh on you
I did as well this last time on my way to europe and it worked
better than I expected.
- Jared