Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down112
arrow-up1433arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours 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