http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r10374068 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:33:21 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:33:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10374832 insomniac84 : Even if they worked out a way to get 150ms latency, you would still piss people off while trying to game. You need sub 100ms to play right. If they can't get something sub 100ms, why even bother. Gaming is not a right and just a privilege. Those people in the middle of nowhere where is makes no sense to set up dsl or cable, should be happy with it. Now I know people have it in areas where they are a block from someone who has either service and are told they can't get it. But eventually all densely populated areas will get either dsl or cable or to an extent fixed wireless which can give the exact same service as dsl or cable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10374832 Sun, 30 May 2004 01:55:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10374068 macmouse : LEO (Low Earth orbit) is considerably closer to the ether then geosync. Like, 4-5X less. So, less latency.

However, the problem with LEO sat's is, they can not stay at the same speed the earth is ("stay still", to those of us on earth), so they are moving targets.

This makes it more complicated, as well as requiring more satellites (because they are moving, need more to have constant coverage). I forget what the number was, but it was like ~150 satellites for coverage of the whole earth. (VS ~8 for geosync for the same coverage). Thus, a lot more cost. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10374068 Sat, 29 May 2004 23:19:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369652 JonR800 : They could be launching something like iridium. They mention 2 way video conferencing but give no mention of latency. :-\]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369652 Sat, 29 May 2004 10:58:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369490 davidcb13 : I dont think theres too much they can do about latency i mean it is a far distance.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369490 Sat, 29 May 2004 10:27:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369485 Red Baron : If they are in geosync orbit, the latency is a given. You need LEO sats for lower ping times.
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Or is this going to be the same worthless crap we're all accustomed to..slow speeds, horrible latency, and a crappy download cap...but for a higher price?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10369428 Sat, 29 May 2004 10:13:26 EDT