From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Ulrich Speidel <ulrich@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
Cc: David Lang <david@lang.hm>, starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] speedtest.net takes a look at sat internet around the globe
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:57:50 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2108122056460.1653956@qynat-yncgbc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa2bab9c-a588-798a-b6e5-dde5f069b6ad@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021, Ulrich Speidel wrote:
> But yeah, the plans are noted. I'd add to that that longish zig-zagging laser
> forwarding paths pose the question of latency, too, so it'll be interesting
> how that will play out.
true, but the speed of light in a vaccum is ~30% higher than the speed of light
in fiber, so it's going to depend on how many hops and the time cost of each
hop.
David Lang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-13 3:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-12 21:22 Darrell Budic
2021-08-12 22:34 ` Ulrich Speidel
2021-08-12 23:24 ` Ricky Mok
2021-08-13 1:55 ` Ulrich Speidel
2021-08-13 2:10 ` David Lang
2021-08-13 3:45 ` Ulrich Speidel
2021-08-13 3:57 ` David Lang [this message]
2021-08-15 15:47 ` Darrell Budic
2021-08-13 1:54 ` David Lang
2021-08-13 4:51 ` Ulrich Speidel
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