Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square145linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square145linkfedilink
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 days agoFiber also has far better performance that satellite can never match.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days agothere’s no fundamental physics limitation that makes this true. in fact, light in a vacuum travels faster than in glass fiber, so the theoretical latency of LEO internet is actually faster compared to fiber over a certain distance
Fiber also has far better performance that satellite can never match.
there’s no fundamental physics limitation that makes this true. in fact, light in a vacuum travels faster than in glass fiber, so the theoretical latency of LEO internet is actually faster compared to fiber over a certain distance