I used a satellite link at a remote location a few weeks ago (we were on vacation, and it was all that was available.) The speed was painful. Then I was trying to complete some work, and even though this cabin is used very seldom, somehow, there is a broadband limit imposed during a 24 hour period (obviously it’s not a monthly limit, or cumulative in that it rolls over if not used.) I evidently exceeded it and was shut out completely until the start of the next 24 hour day. I told my husband, rural living is nice, but I could never deal with the internet issues, or the cell phone issues (we couldn’t get reception.)
My friend has HughesNet and I find it to be the most frustrating thing on earth next to dial-up. 600K my butt. If you test the connection on speedtest.net, the latency counter only has 3 digits and it always shows the latency times as 999 so who knows what it really is. Geo orbit is like what 26,000 miles or so, speed of light 186,282 mph, so .14 seconds or so to go up and the same down, everything else involving latency times is just switching equipment and ground hops. No need to bend space-time to improve latency though, just upgrade to better, faster equipment.