Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square314fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down117
arrow-up1761arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square314fedilink
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoPhysics says otherwise. Geostationary orbit, which is where hughesnet satellites are, is approximately 22 THOUSAND miles away. That’s a round trip of 44 thousand miles. That’s a ping time of 236ms just for the satellite connection, before any other connections are added in. That’s worse than my dialup latency was in the 90s Meanwhile, my Starlink ping averages less than 40ms, because these satellites are MUCH MUCH closer.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaycakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWonder how your starlink will work once it reaches it’s peak market saturation?
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoIt’s cute that you’re worried about me. But it’s still better than whatever else is currently available at my house. And it will always be better than anything using geostationary orbit.
Physics says otherwise.
Geostationary orbit, which is where hughesnet satellites are, is approximately 22 THOUSAND miles away.
That’s a round trip of 44 thousand miles.
That’s a ping time of 236ms just for the satellite connection, before any other connections are added in.
That’s worse than my dialup latency was in the 90s
Meanwhile, my Starlink ping averages less than 40ms, because these satellites are MUCH MUCH closer.
Wonder how your starlink will work once it reaches it’s peak market saturation?
It’s cute that you’re worried about me. But it’s still better than whatever else is currently available at my house. And it will always be better than anything using geostationary orbit.