[Starlink] Starlink and bufferbloat status?

[Michael Richardson]

David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
    > As there are more staellites, the up down time will get closer to 4-5ms
    > rather then the ~7ms you list, and with laser relays in orbit, and terminal
    > to terminal routing in orbit, there is the potential for the theoretical
    > minimum to tend lower, giving some headroom for other overhead but still
    > being in the 20ms range.

I really want this to happen, but how will this get managed?
We will don't know shit, and I'm not convinced SpaceX knows either.

I'm scared that these paths will centrally managed, and not based upon
longest prefix (IPv6) match.

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