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Old 04-01-2020, 03:52 PM   #510 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
This is Starlink's initial market. Inner space is faster than undersea cables.
Nope. Latency is limited by the speed of light, which is close to c in air. Land based microwave towers placed in a straight line are how Chicago and NYC are connected.

Beaming signals hundreds of miles up to satellites then back down adds a ton of latency.