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I’d be careful about comparing current satellite internet with what Starlink is promising. The latency and total throughout differences are huge.
by ericd 7y ago
I’d be careful about comparing current satellite internet with what Starlink is promising. The latency and total throughout differences are huge.
- ghaff 7y agoThat's why I specifically referred to current satellite. Of course, future satellite could be much better. (Although we'll have to see.)
- ericd 7y agoRight right, I was guessing you were familiar, I was just pointing it out because I think a lot of people reading think about it in the context of HughesNet et al, and I think that leads them to write it off prematurely. I read a nice overview of the constellations a while back, but I realize now that it's actually pretty outdated (2018, and it talks about optical crosslinks between SpaceX's satellites, which has been punted for now): http://www.mit.edu/~portillo/files/Comparison-LEO-IAC-2018-slides.pdf http://www.mit.edu/~portillo/files/Comparison-LEO-IAC-2018-s... So I don't know if my comment about throughput is accurate anymore.