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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3231079" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>The sat internet being referred to is much lower orbit so the latency will not be that high. It would actually be closer to around 150ms depending on the downlink locations of which they more than likely will be quite a few with a constellation of over 4000 satellites. The main issue with current satellite setups is they have one uplink point for everything and they are much higher up that equates into much higher ping times. Don't know about the data caps that will be in place for the new proposed system but the more downlinks the easier it is to handle larger amounts of data as well. The reason for more downlinks is because satellites in lower orbit can not be placed in geosynchronous orbit and still have a LOS for most area's. That means the satellites will be more akin to the ones for GPS which are constantly moving.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>But for the ISP's they all suck for one reason or another. Where I am currently at there is a monopoly phone lines were never installed into the community so the only option is cox. With that said all connections have issues as well. The nice thing about cable is that you can go in and look at the levels and make some adjustments on your own at times that will help keep things stable. For DSL it's a lot harder to do anything and even calling in won't get you much most of the time. Cox can go out and make adjustments to the amps if there is an issue. I would love a FTTH type of deal but now that the big G has decided to halt expansions there is a lot less of that happening and pretty much no price competition. Even with expansions and upgrades I don't see a reason for continued price increases except for trying to recoup money due to losses in other area's. It seems like the cost goes up every 6 months. Now that my wife is gone I will eventually have to drop down to slower plans just to be able to cover it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as making something better it is possible to do but most of the time it involves setting up wireless links and having one person who can have a fiber connection come in. Then you still have issues due to LOS. Otherwise talking a community into running fiber is the other option. Smaller cities may do it if they can get some extra help and don't have a contract for content delivery through a cable company. So if you currently have cable it's not very likely to happen. I thought about going to the city of Guthrie and pitching a fiber build out. If you get enough people willing to donate a little time and the majority of people on the bandwagon to not fight about lines being ran and such the main issue is the cost of the equipment and running the lines. Provo Utah did it and then google bought them out. But you still have to get a backbone provider to drop a line to the network CO. When Google was still building, to start the work in an area and then hand it over to them on a silver platter would be ideal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3231079, member: 29706"] The sat internet being referred to is much lower orbit so the latency will not be that high. It would actually be closer to around 150ms depending on the downlink locations of which they more than likely will be quite a few with a constellation of over 4000 satellites. The main issue with current satellite setups is they have one uplink point for everything and they are much higher up that equates into much higher ping times. Don't know about the data caps that will be in place for the new proposed system but the more downlinks the easier it is to handle larger amounts of data as well. The reason for more downlinks is because satellites in lower orbit can not be placed in geosynchronous orbit and still have a LOS for most area's. That means the satellites will be more akin to the ones for GPS which are constantly moving. But for the ISP's they all suck for one reason or another. Where I am currently at there is a monopoly phone lines were never installed into the community so the only option is cox. With that said all connections have issues as well. The nice thing about cable is that you can go in and look at the levels and make some adjustments on your own at times that will help keep things stable. For DSL it's a lot harder to do anything and even calling in won't get you much most of the time. Cox can go out and make adjustments to the amps if there is an issue. I would love a FTTH type of deal but now that the big G has decided to halt expansions there is a lot less of that happening and pretty much no price competition. Even with expansions and upgrades I don't see a reason for continued price increases except for trying to recoup money due to losses in other area's. It seems like the cost goes up every 6 months. Now that my wife is gone I will eventually have to drop down to slower plans just to be able to cover it. As far as making something better it is possible to do but most of the time it involves setting up wireless links and having one person who can have a fiber connection come in. Then you still have issues due to LOS. Otherwise talking a community into running fiber is the other option. Smaller cities may do it if they can get some extra help and don't have a contract for content delivery through a cable company. So if you currently have cable it's not very likely to happen. I thought about going to the city of Guthrie and pitching a fiber build out. If you get enough people willing to donate a little time and the majority of people on the bandwagon to not fight about lines being ran and such the main issue is the cost of the equipment and running the lines. Provo Utah did it and then google bought them out. But you still have to get a backbone provider to drop a line to the network CO. When Google was still building, to start the work in an area and then hand it over to them on a silver platter would be ideal. [/QUOTE]
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