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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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From what I've heard of these types of services so far, the speeds can be decent but the latency (ping) can't get close to wired broadband services. Which basically means streaming will be good (ping doesn't matter because of buffering), browsing will be fine (might feel slightly sluggish on loading new pages) but online gaming etc. will be laggy.
It's a decent solution for VERY remote areas though and a great one for people who are on the move a lot (you can just take it with you). For semi-remote areas like Scottish Islands etc there are often better "short range" over-the-air solutions available IMO (they put a little fish on your roof, broadband is broadcast from a station on the mainland, which is obviously much closer than... Space... )
They'll improve latency further but tbh I'm just not sure there theoretically IS a way to transmit a signal 2500 miles (to a satellite and back, low earth orbit is something like 1200 miles) with low latency.
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