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Satellite internet with high latency exists. The stuff SpaceX is putting out will have significantly lower latency, which is huge difference.
by swsieber 7y ago
Satellite 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...