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Re:Astranis emerges from stealth with new satellite tech for... by paragraft on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:18PM (#16498418)
By "one way" the OP was referring to the ground-to-satellite trip taking 110ms. So by "round way trip" they meant a packet going from client to satellite to ground station (2 x 110ms). Thus 440ms.
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Re:Astranis emerges from stealth with new satellite tech for... by brianshaler on Thursday March 01, 2018 @10:15PM (#16498692)
How long until we can co-locate application services in geosynchronous orbit to cut that latency in half?
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Re:Astranis emerges from stealth with new satellite tech for... by colanderman on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:29PM (#16498478)
OH. Of course, that makes sense. Thanks!
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