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I mean... satellite internet exists. North America in particular has full satellite internet coverage.
by umvi 7y ago
I mean... satellite internet exists. North America in particular has full satellite internet coverage.
- swsieber 7y agoSatellite internet with high latency exists. The stuff SpaceX is putting out will have significantly lower latency, which is huge difference.
- godelski 7y agoFor reference GEO is something like 250ms and in LEO you can get sub 50ms. I did the math a year ago and so numbers may be a little off due to memory, but they should be in the ball park. Also these would be optimal numbers, so realistic would be worse.
- H8crilA 7y agoAnd, honestly, who needs less than 250ms? Gamers? How many websites open in under a second anyhow?
- godelski 7y agoPlenty. One example is voice or video conversations. You're going to have a bad time if you try to Skype on conventional satellite internet.
- aguchobena 7y agoThe existing Internet satelite are incredible expensive and not only the latency is really bad, but the bandwidth is also very limited, you can not consider it as a broadband ISP. Starlink will be a true alternative to the fiber optic ISPs, and for world-wide will be even faster thanks to the direct lasser link among the constellation.
- __sy__ 7y agoDon't forget to account for the initial SSL handshake...
- mkr-hn 7y agoThe current state of satellite is the dial-up of high speed internet. The latency is horrible. You can't video conference or play online games with it. SpaceX's satellites are a lot lower, so they have better latency.
- umvi 7y agoIt is high bandwidth though. I can stream YouTube and Netflix no problem. Maybe I just don't notice because I'm not an online gamer.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoYes and people pay for it, even though it can be upwards of $200/mo with datacaps, high latency, and terribly reliability. Any disruption in the current sat-internet market is welcome.