[THIN] Re: Citrix Network Technology Possibilties

Hi Matt,
 
I have 4 installations of 2 way satellite on oil rigs in remote locations in
Australia. Although there is a latency issue with some user education we are
finding it a great way to connect into our server farm.
Our facts are
2 computers per rig, they use the internet to connect to our Citrix XP
server farm via MSam and we publish a complete desktop so that the users
have full Microsoft suite, email, and accounting software.
 

Regards 

Norman Dean 
Manager IT & Integrated Business Systems 
Century Resources 
Ph:  +61 7  37184441 
Fax: +61 7 38793322 
Mobile 0414563592 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Kosht [mailto:matt.kosht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2004 7:02 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Citrix Network Technology Possibilties


I have a customer site a rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where
I have real dilemma.
 
The not-so-pretty facts:
1) No DSL or Cable provider
2) No local dialup or ISDN internet service
 
There are 3.5 (1 is part-time) users at this site who use a Citrix published
desktop (they run primarily MS Office and a custom client/server app).  I
ended up going with a 56K frame relay circuit.  This is proving to be very
slow and expensive (now appx $700 USD/month).
 
I have heard that 2 way satellite latency is just too high for Citrix
applications. Is that still the case?  Any technology or options that I
haven't considered worth looking at?
 
Thanks in advance for assistance.
 

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