Re: 60ms cross continent

[Harry McGregor <hmcgregor () biggeeks org>]

Hi,

Startlink 1.0, probably will not have lower latency vs Fiber (either 
cross country or across oceans)

Once the laser based inter-sat links are running (Starlink 2.0?), it 
should be lower latency vs Fiber.

With ground stations only: https://youtu.be/m05abdGSOxY

With laser links: https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU

-Harry


On 7/6/20 8:00 PM, james jones wrote:
> "In Theroy" -- ROFL
>
> Don't get me wrong it would be awesome if that turns out to be the case.
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:05 PM joe mcguckin <joe () via net 
> <mailto:joe () via net>> wrote:
>
>     Theoretically, Starlink should be faster cross country than
>     terrestrial fiber.
>
>
>     Joe McGuckin
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