RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM Satellite Broadband

date posted 3rd September 2002 23:06

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% [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Richard Lowe
% Sent: 03 September 2002 22:00
% To: Andy Hutchinson
% Subject: Re[2]: FN-FORUM Satellite Broadband
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% I'm very interested in knowing what the ping time is between yourself
% and your ISP.

/me used to do satellite radio

Raw delay is about .25s, the rest on Sky digital and the
like is MPEG decompression in the receiver.

I'd expect roughly 550-600ms round trip on a 'local'
network like that of the actual ISP or any other site
on the same upstream provider's net. Not a gamer's
dream, but not a problem for pretty much any other
application.

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