550ms for satellite is pretty darn good. The signal makes one hell of a round trip and 550ms is good.
Data packets go: Your Device > Your network > Your Antenna > Satellite in Orbit (500-200km above earth) > Satellite network > ISP Antenna > wherever it needs to go on the internet > ISP Antenna > Satellite network > Satellite in Orbit (500-200km above earth) > Your Antenna > Your network > Your Device
Doing all of that in just over half a second is amazing.
You might be better off with DSL or even a Cell based service that doesnt need to make the trip to space.
550ms for satellite is pretty darn good. The signal makes one hell of a round trip and 550ms is good.
Data packets go: Your Device > Your network > Your Antenna > Satellite in Orbit (500-200km above earth) > Satellite network > ISP Antenna > wherever it needs to go on the internet > ISP Antenna > Satellite network > Satellite in Orbit (500-200km above earth) > Your Antenna > Your network > Your Device
Doing all of that in just over half a second is amazing.
You might be better off with DSL or even a Cell based service that doesnt need to make the trip to space.
Geostationary orbit is at ~35,000 km. It’s far but the speed of light is “only” responsible for about half of the total latency
That’s not right. The round trip (which is what he’s measuring) is up-down-up-down which is 140,000 km. That’s half a second.