My Ping Time Is SH1TE !! WHY?!?!?!?!

[lashbear]

I'm getting awful ping time and timeouts trying to surf here in Forster. Activ8me has dreadful service here, we're on SATELLITE and even with 230k download speed it takes HOURS to surf, and my iPhone won't even connect to itunes store or even browse.

I can occasionally get a tweet out but it is 1 in a million. I've had it.

(For the geeks among you, it matters not if the laptop is connected via LAN cable or wireless via router, it's still just as bad either way.)

Here's the latest speed check:
Firstly, it won't even CONNECT to http://www.zdnet.com.au/broadband/speedtest.htm - too slow, times out.

Oz broadband test:
Broadband Speed Test Results

Test run on 30/05/2009 @ 07:50 PM
Mirror: OptusNet
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 13.7 secs
Your line speed is 1.79 Mbps (1788 kbps).
Your download speed is 223 KB/s (0.22 MB/s).
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SHEESH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!