Comment on SpaceX Might Have Lost 200+ Starlink Satellites In Just 2 Months Shows Data

• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So, you’ve never had to rely on satellite internet? That was a rhetorical question.

  Had a client not far from here, only option was satellite. Couldn’t even get 3G at the time. 950ms+ ping times.

  We were trying to hook up a simple RDP system, PC to PC, and I finally had to tell him it wasn’t possible to do anything but FB and email, and that would be miserable. Hell, almost nothing was possible.

  before becoming space junk

  So you don’t get speed-of-light delay, and you also don’t get low-altitude orbital decay. You won’t admit it, but you have no idea what you’re talking about it. But you’ll be back to double down on your ignorance! FFS, just stop.

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