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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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