Re: 60ms cross continent

[j k <jsklein () gmail com>]

Any idea what network protocol(s) used with Starlink?

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 5:08 AM Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi> wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 06:35, Harry McGregor <hmcgregor () biggeeks org>
> wrote:
>
> > Once the laser based inter-sat links are running (Starlink 2.0?), it
> should be lower latency vs Fiber.
>
> I understood it's not clear if this will ever happen. In local
> constellation it might, but supposedly technology does not currently
> actually exist to do it between constellations. I don't understand the
> topic at all, but I got impression that the precision of timing and
> accuracy of aiming needed is actually a very hard problem.
>
> But agreed, should sat2sat communication become possible, there are
> many legs where starlink latency will improve upon terrestrial.
>
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>   ++ytti