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Originally posted by AtW View Post
It won't be quicker (lower latency) from ground Location A in the City to ground Location B in New York.Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View Post
It will, apparently, because light travels faster through a vacuum than it does through glass. I'll try and find the article I was reading.
Edit: Here you go: https://www.machmetrics.com/speed-bl...econds-faster/
If he can really drop latency from 70 to 40 than it would be awesome for sure.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
"Elon Musk has detailed an initial target of 20 ms, scaling down to sub 10ms of latency, but this is Starlink-only transit times."
If he can really drop latency from 70 to 40 than it would be awesome for sure.Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View PostRead the whole article. Expected 43ms total trip, vs 60ms now on the fastest dedicated fibre.
Personally I'd only trust Sat link if there is no other real alternative.Comment
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If they can get ships hooked up and provide decent internet for the cruise market when it opens up again then that'll be a great incentive to spend half the year on a world cruise whilst earning Gives WFH (something I've done for over 20 years) a whole new meaning
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
I'll believe it when I see it working and on real commercial offer.
Personally I'd only trust Sat link if there is no other real alternative.
I suspect this will be a world away from current satellite internet experiences, at least once the full set of satellites has been launched, with so many satellites and such a low orbit. We will see.Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View PostWell on that we can finally agree, and we can also agree that the raw physics of the setup at least allow the possibility of lower latency.
Would financial companies use inherently riskier sat feed?
If Musk gets new backhaul that cuts 20 ms for everybody then that would be worth a lot even if sometimes it won't work as consistently.
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No idea, but I expect that if it works there'll be some big-bucks option to prioritise the low latency connection - I very much doubt it will be something guaranteed to all, not that anyone else would really need it.Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View PostI very much doubt it will be something guaranteed to all, not that anyone else would really need it.Comment
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