The latency can't be because of the distance. Rf travels too fast for that. I expect there are large modem banks on the satellite.
On Sep 22, 2010 9:40 PM, "Greg Ihnen" <[email protected]> wrote: That's the speed of light in a vacuum. It's somewhat slower in matter (air). I use satellite internet here and the latency is a little under 800ms at best. A ping has to go from my terminal up to the satellite, down to the earth station, back up from the earth station, and back down to my terminal. I blink at least once waiting for my ping to come back. Greg On Sep 22, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > Totally agree. > >> When your Internet has to ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Jo...
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