[Starlink] It's still the starlink latency...

[David Fernández]

I made this video some time ago to illustrate the impact of latency on
what can you achieve during a web browsing session depending on the
latency you have, in this case MEO vs. GEO satellite connection (delay
emulated with netem).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEl_ud4ME4E

In the end, the latency is accumulated into a delay and it makes you
take more time to achieve the same.

This was done in the frame of the ESA MTAILS project:
https://artes.esa.int/projects/mtails

Off-topic: People poor performance must be first addressed, if not
improved because of a bad attitude, then you lay off, but there is a
whole spectrum of capabilities for people and everybody should be
entitled to contribute as much as they can (and get a reward in
proportion). Otherwise, nobody would employ old people or people with
disabilities, just sharp and smart people in their thirties. Half of
the population starts suffering cognitive decline after the age of
50... Very cruel.

Regards,

David

> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:59:04 +0000
> From: Eugene Chang <eugene.chang at alum.mit.edu>
> To: Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com>
> Cc: Eugene Chang <eugene.chang at alum.mit.edu>, Dave Taht
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> Subject: Re: [Starlink] It's still the starlink latency...
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> The key issue is most people don’t understand why latency matters. They
> don’t see it or feel it’s impact.
>
> First, we have to help people see the symptoms of latency and how it impacts
> something they care about.
> - gamers care but most people may think it is frivolous.
> - musicians care but that is mostly for a hobby.
> - business should care because of productivity but they don’t know how to
> “see” the impact.
>
> Second, there needs to be a “OMG, I have been seeing the action of latency
> all this time and never knew it! I was being shafted.” Once you have this
> awakening, you can get all the press you want for free.
>
> Most of the time when business apps are developed, “we” hide the impact of
> poor performance (aka latency) or they hide from the discussion because the
> developers don’t have a way to fix the latency. Maybe businesses don’t care
> because any employees affected are just considered poor performers. (In bad
> economic times, the poor performers are just laid off.) For employees, if
> they happen to be at a location with bad latency, they don’t know that
> latency is hurting them. Unfair but most people don’t know the issue is
> latency.
>
> Talking and explaining why latency is bad is not as effective as showing why
> latency is bad. Showing has to be with something that has a person impact.
>
> Gene
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