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Originally Posted by freebeard
This is Starlink's initial market. Inner space is faster than undersea cables.
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I guess Starlink is owned by SpaceX, which is not publicly traded.
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
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.
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I believe the main motivation for Starlink was reaching unserved populations.
The secondary benefit is is eliminating latency over copper, which is about 100x slower than light in a vacuum.