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download speed is great, but what’s the latency like?

• michelb 6y ago
  Seems low. https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/jltvk8/way_out_in_rural_montana_where_our_alternative_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/jltvk8/way_out_in... more info here: https://www.businessinsider.com/starlink-internet-satellite-public-beta-speed-spacex-mbps-elon-musk-2020-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/starlink-internet-satellite-...
• modeless 6y ago
  30-40ms round trip generally. It's Starlink's biggest advantage vs. existing satellites, along with greater capacity per user due to the huge number of satellites, so they don't need draconian data caps.
  • bryanlarsen 6y ago
    They'll need some sort of congestion control in urban areas. They might just refuse to sell into urban areas, or use fair queuing, but urban users are going to be limited or capped one way or another.
    • Yoofie 6y ago
      I think Starlink has always marketed itself as a service provider for remote and hard to service areas. I'm not sure why people here keep thinking they will provide service to urban areas.
      • navaati 6y ago
        Sometimes you have not-great connection even deep in the city. I’m in a city touching Paris right now, 60k persons on a 1.5 by 1.5km square, one of the densest part of France. Well I have a shit ADSL (not VDSL !) connection, despite everyone else in the street having FTTH, because the HOA of my building won’t bother…
        • fomine3 6y ago
          On your situation, 4G/5G should be a solution rather than Starlink.