Satellite response time could be one full second. That is, given transit time up and back to the sat a click on a link can make a machine seem slow.
Try this machine at some hot spot that isn't on satellite for a test run. Response times should be better now.
Bob
I don't know why my laptop is running so slow. Hughesnet is my satellite provider and I use wifi for all online stuff. There is one other laptop that occasionally is on my network.

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