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While that bandwidth is impressive, I'd be interested to know what the expected packet-delays through the atmosphere are. The lowest orbit they plan to use is 3
by lolc 6y ago
While that bandwidth is impressive, I'd be interested to know what the expected packet-delays through the atmosphere are. The lowest orbit they plan to use is 340 km which translates to a minimum 2 ms delay. While the equipment will rarely align like that, even 10 ms is fine for most human use.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoThey're bidding in FCC Auction 904 (currently in progress), which requires an absolute maximum round-trip latency of 100ms. Given the FCC penalties they wouldn't be bidding if they weren't damn sure they would be significantly lower than that bar.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoDetails: https://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/auction904 Auction should conclude in 2-3 weeks.
- modeless 6y agoPeople are getting 30-40ms ping times generally. Far lower than other satellite options, as you would expect.