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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by cjarrett on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:43PM (#19784071)
Starcraft on my dial-up!
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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by Joakal on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:09PM (#19784818)
The latency is copper to your home. Dial ups are as fast as broandband but throughput low.
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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by chupasaurus on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @06:25AM (#19786642)
You forget about the decoding tone signals and telephone exchange load. Long distance calles have a very big latency for a reason.
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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by JauntyHatAngle on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @02:27AM (#19785596)
You might want to do some googling, that is absolutely not true for a few reasons that are not about throughput.
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