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Re:Starlink Maritime by foobiekr on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:29PM (#32018913)
Predictability and stability count a lot as well. I think the starlink-as-low-latency-trading-medium is sort of like "blockchain for real estate" - it's not actually a real thing.
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Re:Starlink Maritime by vardump on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:41PM (#32020538)
You can simply use multiple links to send same data. The fastest one wins, so if there's a temporary hickup on one of the links, you still get somewhat bounded latency. When things work fine, you get to reap the latency benefit.

So I think it's plausible for intercontinental links.

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Re:Starlink Maritime by foobiekr on Sunday July 10, 2022 @12:56AM (#32041983)
the spot still covers the same ground station much of the time.
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