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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, and are far more stable, not hyped, and are already at pretty much peak congestion. Starlink will get progressively worse, the more people use it. Right now, it’s over provisioned.

They were not more stable. Any occlusion, including thick clouds, would degrade the signal to being unusable. I used Hughsnet for years, then swapped to cellular (100ms+ latency) and finally to Starlink. Starlink is a pretty solid 100Mb/s, with low jitter, packet loss and latency.

Ever try a voice call with 30ms of latency?

Yeah, I use voice chat every day, it's not noticeable.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They were not more stable. Any occlusion, including thick clouds, would degrade the signal to being unusable

You have the same issue with Starlink...

Yeah, I use voice chat every day, it’s not noticeable.

The people on the call do...