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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  1. Run a traceroute like traceroute cnn com
  2. Kill that by ctrl-c at the third line.
  3. Ping that third IP address.

Don't try to ping UK.battle.net or your numbers will be skewed by everything in between.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    About 5ms.

    Based on the various replies, it sounds like the poster I was originally replying to does not mean pings in any context.

    They just mean in this context. Along optimal routes. Right?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Of course they don't mean in every case. Yeah, if you have to go halfway around the world from two addresses that are very far away from hubs, Starlink might be better. 99.99999% of the time this isn't happening though and fiber will be better. There are situations for some people where it's worth it. Fiber is better for the average case though, and it's where money should be invested.

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