Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink
ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 days agoSo, not 4x, but 2x.
BTW, did you know HughesNet is cheaper, and works just as well. Or, it will work just as well once Starlink reaches the saturation HughesNet faces.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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 long time of 236ms just for the satellite connection, before any other connections are added in.
That’s worse than my dialup latency was.
Meanwhile, my Starlink ping averages less than 30ms, because these satellites are MUCH MUCH closer.
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ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Wonder how your starlink will work once it reaches it’s peak market saturation?
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s cute that you’re worried about me. But it’s still better than whatever else is currently available at my house.