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I mean- sure? But that's also true of terrestrial internet. It's 22 hops between my laptop and www.google.com, and it pings at 5-10ms. Certainly Starlink isn't
by nwallin 6y ago
I mean- sure? But that's also true of terrestrial internet. It's 22 hops between my laptop and www.google.com, and it pings at 5-10ms. Certainly Starlink isn't do any fancy routing that my internet isn't already doing?
- stefan_ 6y agoSwitches and fiber are well known proven technology. Satellite laser interlinks are R&D dreams at the moment.
- cameldrv 6y agoThere are satellite laser interlinks in orbit right now.
- portillo 6y agoSure, operated manually by a bunch of people with PhDs.
- GoOnThenDoTell 6y agoI thought the current starlink generation wasn’t using laser links yet
- Rebelgecko 6y agoI believe both your comment and the parent comment are true. Laser comm has been done at fairly high speeds (both sat to sat and sat to ground station), but it's relatively cutting edge and Starlink isn't currently doing it