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The latency may well be better than landlines in some cases. For instance, data from an edge cache in your city will be faster than starlink. But data from chi
by gameswithgo 6y ago
The latency may well be better than landlines in some cases. For instance, data from an edge cache in your city will be faster than starlink. But data from china? Starlink may win.
I wonder if it could improve gaming/video conferencing with people far away.
- Denvercoder9 6y agoRight now, that's not really the case though, as the satellite interlinks aren't operational yet. All your traffic goes through a base station relatively close to you, and continues over "regular" fiber around the world.
- tyingq 6y agoThis article and accompanying videos are interesting in that regard: https://www.circleid.com/posts/20191230_starlink_simulation_low_latency_without_intersatellite_laser_links/ https://www.circleid.com/posts/20191230_starlink_simulation_... It suggests they could be lower latency than a great-circle path ground fiber without the satellite interlinks.
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- geerlingguy 6y agoI know my Spectrum cable connection gets high 30s range for latency. Starlink is close at low 40s, and as they get more sats up, that latency average may go down.