how bad is the latency on Starband satellite broadband?

[rancidcrabtree]

My friend lives in the boonies. Can't get cable or dsl just 56k. He plays evercrack and a few other mmorpg and is worried about the ping times and latency of the system. Any input you guys can pass along would be appreciated.

kev

 

[wedi42]

atleast 500ms
too much lag for most gaming

 

[rancidcrabtree]

Uhg! Thats worse than a modem.

kev

 

[JOSEPHLB]

500 ms! That would be considered excellent for satellite

average latency time would be around the 750 ms range..

just think.. the satellite is almost 30,000 miles in space.. It will never improve
now, for downloading throughput speed, it wouldn't be so bad, since latency is of least importance in this situation

 

[wedi42]

<< 500 ms! That would be considered excellent for satellite

average latency time would be around the 750 ms range..

just think.. the satellite is almost 30,000 feet in space.. It will never improve
now, for downloading throughput speed, it wouldn't be so bad, since latency is of least importance in this situation >>



if satellite was 30,000 feet we'd see them when we fly on airplanes
its closer to 30,000 miles

 

[rancidcrabtree]

Oh well. I guess he's SOL for broadband. :frown:

kev

 

[JOSEPHLB]

ooops 😀

MILES that is

I think I've been standing in front of the feedhorns too long myself!