Line of site is a thing…
Comment on The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoI’ve heard starlink is faster than fiber by a few nanoseconds and big finance really wants that for their high-speed trading
most of its signals move though space, compared to the glass in fiber so it sorta makes sense
nthavoc@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It depends on the distance, but yes. Those laser interlinks are fast.
Goretantath@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Its not, light is the fastest AND isnt as interuptuble and lag induced as satalite. A wired connection will ALWAYS have lesslatency to a sat link.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
light in a vacuum is fastest
light in glass is slower than that
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The problem with fiber is it isn’t direct, and the satellites do use lasers (light!) to travel longer distances. The longer the distance the bigger edge satellite internet gets.