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Note that latency isn't as good as Starlink advertises. My residential service is supposed to get 20-40ms latency. In reality I get 40-80ms (as measured with pi
by NelsonMinar 4y ago
Note that latency isn't as good as Starlink advertises. My residential service is supposed to get 20-40ms latency. In reality I get 40-80ms (as measured with ping to 8.8.8.8) and it's highly variable.
Starlink latency is still quite good and a completely different category of service than any geosync satellite ISP. But they've got a ways to go to improve it. A lot of gamers seem unhappy with it right now, FWIW.
- walrus01 4y agobefore my area got loaded I saw 15-20ms RTT from my starlink terminal to downtown seattle, now more like 25ms. i think the record low was 14.8 ms
- shaklee3 4y agoI know you're usually here to promote starlink, but all ookla data shows starlink is 40+ms on average. it's dishonest to pretend 20ms will ever be normal.
- walrus01 4y agoI'm usually here to promote starlink? Before yesterday go through my comment history for weeks or months into the past and find how many times I mention it... Sheesh For the record if oneweb or kuiper or telesat's proposed LEO networks existed as a viable, usable product right now and worked similarly I'd be equally enthused about them. (Yes, I know about Oneweb beta tests in Alaska)
- shaklee3 4y agoit's not an attack, you are always pro starlink and I'm always anti starlink (in a business sense). there's nothing wrong with different opinions. I just don't agree with the comments that the latency, speed, or cost will stay the same in a positive way.
- ncmncm 4y agoDon't expect it to get better. Asking for lower latency will become an upsell opportunity.
- shaklee3 4y agowhat you're experiencing is what everyone in the industry already knew, but we got slammed by musk fans for pointing it out years ago. the ping will never be 20ms for most people. path loss is only a small part of a ping.