Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink

Re:Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces ... by billfruit on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:30AM (#40224698)

Yes, it will be more interesting when Viasat or Thales will be doing something in this space. Viasat seems to be on the path to building larger and larger satellites in geosynchronous orbit.

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Re:Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces ... by dyauspitr on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:33AM (#40224741)

I’ve used Viasat before and geosynchronous is never going to be satisfactory. The satellites are too far away and consequently the latency is terrible (on the order of 500-1000 ms). It cannot be a viable competitor on that basis alone.

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Re:Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces ... by MostlyStable on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:00PM (#40225123)

I was stuck with Viasat for two years. Not only is the latency horribly like you describe, but they were _consistently_ at least one OOM away from the speeds I was paying for. I'm pretty sure that, in those 2 years, I _never_ saw the advertised speed.

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