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Re:What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF... by wmf on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:46PM (#31939668)
Enabling the inter-satellite links for all customers doesn't guarantee they'll use much more expensive cold-potato routing though. It makes no sense to cross the ocean on 20 Gbps space lasers when you could use a 20 Tbps fiber cable.
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Re:What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF... by ncmncm on Thursday June 30, 2022 @08:06PM (#31940401)
Right. Any traffic that can be dumped to the downlink will. But it anyway costs nothing but RAM to stall your packets just enough to satisfy your service level agreement, keeping the channel clear for actual paying traffic.

Sending early is of course always OK. Those paying for that millisecond need it reliably every time, so not much of your traffic would need to be stalled. Maybe 10%. And maybe only while markets are open.

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