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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by tsherr on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:48AM (#24291432)
I'd assume latency from endpoint to satellite back to terrestrial base station.

I can get satellite Internet right now with 40Mbps down / 5 up, but the latency is 800 to 1000 ms, so it's slow.

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