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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

So, not 4x, but 2x.

BTW, did you know HughesNet is cheaper, and works just as well. Or, it will work just as well once Starlink reaches the saturation HughesNet faces.

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

    Physics says otherwise.

    Geostationary orbit, which is where hughesnet satellites are, is approximately 22 THOUSAND miles away.

    That's a round trip of 44 thousand miles.

    That's a ping time of 236ms just for the satellite connection, before any other connections are added in.

    That's worse than my dialup latency was in the 90s

    Meanwhile, my Starlink ping averages less than 40ms, because these satellites are MUCH MUCH closer.

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