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Yes, it will be more interesting when Viasat or Thales will be doing something in this space. Viasat seems to be on the path to building larger and larger satel
by billfruit 2y ago
Yes, it will be more interesting when Viasat or Thales will be doing something in this space. Viasat seems to be on the path to building larger and larger satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
- dyauspitr 2y agoI’ve used Viasat before and geosynchronous is never going to be satisfactory. The satellites are too far away and consequently the latency is terrible (on the order of 500-1000 ms). It cannot be a viable competitor on that basis alone. I’ve also had starlink but it was relatively early days and even though the speed and latency were great, every time there wasn’t a satellite cluster in view the internet would drop out for up to 15 seconds at a time. Also Viasat seemed to work even if it was cloudy if I remember correctly but starlink did not.
- MostlyStable 2y agoI was stuck with Viasat for two years. Not only is the latency horribly like you describe, but they were _consistently_ at least one OOM away from the speeds I was paying for. I'm pretty sure that, in those 2 years, I _never_ saw the advertised speed.