2 ms·

Curious that they don't mention lower communications latency as a benefit.

• ckastner 8y ago
  Perhaps because it's only 2ms per direction. I assume that someone that sensitive to latency wouldn't use satellite communications in the first place.
  • gpm 8y ago
    This constellation should have lower latency over long distance than is even theoretically possible using terrestrial fiber, because the speed of light in space is substantially better than the speed of light in fiber. [0] Even over short distance the latency (which the "Legal Narrative" pdf quotes as 15ms) is negligible for almost all applications. [0] paper http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/starlink-draft.pdf http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/starlink-draft.pdf / video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKNCBrkZQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKNCBrkZQ4
    • the8472 8y ago
      > than is even theoretically possible using terrestrial fiber, If we're talking about theoretical limitations then hollow core waveguide fibers should get you close to vacuum speed.
• gpm 8y ago
  They did elsewhere, just not in their list of benefits. Not sure why it wasn't included there.