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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by ctchocula on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:21PM (#12983188)
Competition makes a big difference. Just over a year ago with Google Fiber rearing up, my ISP offered 150Mbps for $35. This year with Google Fiber downsizing, the big American ISPs are back to their duopoly: 25Mbps for $40 or 10Mbps for $30. Hopefully SpaceX is able to force them to lower rates for everyone.
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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by legolas2412 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:47PM (#12983322)
It's not going to replace internet for cities/towns. Think of the latency!

It is directed towards middle of nowhere areas where nobody provides fiber.

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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by nitrogen on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:02PM (#12983723)
If the satellites are in LEO, latency won't be that bad. At 700km height mentioned elsewhere in the thread, added latency might be 10-20ms based on halving the numbers at https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r100277-Whats-the-latency-p... (from 16 years ago).
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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by rconti on Friday November 18, 2016 @03:23AM (#12985217)
30ms of latency is mentioned in the article, due to the low orbital altitude.
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