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 ...

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