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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by studentrob on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:17PM (#19784553)
> You can't simply take an average, or your speed isn't representative of what the service could do.

Why not? We're just comparing current satellite broadband offerings' known latency to what Starlink could potentially offer.

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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by shaklee3 on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:35PM (#19784642)
If your cable service offers 10, 25, 50, and 100Mbps plans, how is an average speed at all meaningful? It's just representative of how many people sign up per plan.
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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by studentrob on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:32PM (#19784929)
An existing offering does 60ms average, meaning its best case is better. Starlink would offer 25ms best-case scenario.
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Re:SpaceX Gets FCC Approval to Sell Wireless High-Speed Home... by shaklee3 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @12:09AM (#19785106)
My post is clearly about bandwidth, not latency. You don't choose your latency.
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