Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square315linkfedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down119
arrow-up1755arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square315linkfedilink
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 days ago Is it because latency does not scale in that way? Yes, your understanding is fundamentally flawed. Starlink adds a fixed latency on top, if you ping to a server was 2ms with fiber and 52ms with starlink, then your ping to a server that would be 100ms with fiber would be 150ms with starlink
Yes, your understanding is fundamentally flawed. Starlink adds a fixed latency on top, if you ping to a server was 2ms with fiber and 52ms with starlink, then your ping to a server that would be 100ms with fiber would be 150ms with starlink