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The data rate to Mars isn't shabby, at about 230kbps, roughly four times the speed of a fast dial-up connection. I used to point that out when the only Interne

The data rate to Mars isn't shabby, at about 230kbps, roughly four times the speed of a fast dial-up connection. I used to point that out when the only Internet at my folks' house was dial up. Eventually, my iPhone cell connection beat their dial-up connection and I stopped complaining.

kayoone 11y ago
Cool, do you have a source for the 230Kbps ? i love to read about stuff like that.
- karlshea 11y ago
  Data rate to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter can be up to 6Mbit/sec: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter#Telecommunications_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter#Te...
  - mhurron 11y ago
    I couldn't even get DSL that fast at the last place I lived.
  - rootbear 11y ago
    Whoa, I didn't know that. I quoted the 230kbit number from memory, when I researched it several years ago, when my parents still had dial up. I'm not surprise that MRO is faster.