bird - 11:36 pm on Jul 12, 2004 (gmt 0)

Any time you're connecting to an already slow website/server that extra 3/4 second is going to be even more noticeable.

Actually, it's the other way round. If the server has a slow response time anyway, the additional delay won't matter. It will mostly be noticeable with otherwise fast and snappy servers.

You would notice the delay when:

1) Visiting any web page. Not website, but every individual page.

Maybe, maybe not, depending on what you're used to.

2) Connecting to an FTP server. And then once you're connected, every single file you upload/download. Huge productivity loss.

How much productivity do you lose because that file arrives in 5.01 minutes instead of 5.00?

3) Sending an email. Each and every email you send/receive.

E-mails are normally sent and received by the client software in the background and without direct user interaction. Because of that, you're quite unlikely to notice anything there.

4) Using any IM/Chat program.
5) Using an internet phone application (in fact you would pretty much have to forget about using one for anything other than novelty).
6) Playing games (an important part of any work day). If you happen to play online games you're out of luck with a 2 way satellite connection.

Those might end up being the most annoying, if you need them, along with interactive console sessions (telnet/ssh).