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To: billorites

What is wrong with HughesNet?..................


18 posted on 01/15/2024 12:02:54 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Regular satellite Internet is notorious for high latency. It’s pretty much impossible to have multiplayer gaming over such a connection. The signal is going to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit more than 20,000 miles away, one way. That eats into Internet speed bigtime.


21 posted on 01/15/2024 12:11:15 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Dear Claire Wolfe: Is it still "too early"?)
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To: Red Badger
"What is wrong with HughesNet?....."

Very, very slow. Huge latencies, plus low data caps. Very expensive if someone is trying to work from home.

All those problems went away with Starlink.

23 posted on 01/15/2024 12:18:15 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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