Re: [Starlink] It’s the Latency, FCC

Michael Richardson
2024-03-15T21:14:58Z

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Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> We made a point, easily demonstrable, that a 10Mbit link with 1ms
> latency (to the nearest CDN) will outperforma 10Gbit link with 50ms.

Agreed.

> I have now been trying to break the common conflation that download
> "speed" means anything at all for day to day, minute to minute, second
> to second, use, once you crack 10mbit, now, for over 14 years. Am I
> succeeding? I lost the 25/10 battle, and keep pointing at really
> terrible latency under load and wifi weirdnesses for many existing
> 100/20 services today.

Yes. The problem starts with the geeks, who in my town seem to readily go for
the 100Mb/s FTTH (GPON) link from the incompetent incumbent telco rather than
the 50/10 VDSL from a competent ISP.

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