Black out coming; Elon Musk says Starlink active in all continents even Antarctica
(www.ndtv.com)
❄️ INCLUDING ANTARCTICA ❄️
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Latency is a problem with geostationary satellites because they orbit 22,000mi away from earth, for a 44,000 mi round trip. Starlink uses low earth orbit, only 500 miles up, so the trips are much shorter.
I live in the Ozarks with no good alternatives for internet. I have Starlink and my latency is hovering at 25-90 ms. Up and down speeds are enough to enjoy this site and stream Rumble no problems.
Name checks out.
I gamed on Starlink. It was actually a really good experience. ... That is, until spring came, and one giant tree blossomed and blocked a small portion of the path, and when I gamed, it was partially obstructed view. I removed the tree, ran into other issues with Starlink (ended up being a ethernet cable adapter) and I already switched back to cable. (also, I cut that pesky tree down). Now, I don't know whether to go back to starlink or stick with cable.
Starlink - more expensive, surprisingly better than the local cable and fiber optic
Cable - cheaper, "faster", supporting Breezeline, Canadian company (with ties to comcast possibly)
Tree in way of internet, cuts tree down
kek, that made me laugh
Look, it was a stupid tree anyways. 😂
Tree sap and … blocking the internet I no longer use … … … probably other stuff.
Like that story about that captain on a hug3 military ship in the dining room having the sun in his face and ordering the ship to shift like 1 degree in its course to change the angle light went in rather than simply move the table.
Additionally, your "satellite dish" sends and receives signal from another satellite, so there is a duality of losses found. Plus the round trip function as you mentioned. (is 22,000 miles right? That seems a bit high IMO. No sauce from my end, just intuition.)