Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch
Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch
The company said the technology will provide a homegrown alternative to high-speed internet service offered to rural Canadians through SpaceX's Starlink low-earth orbit satellites.
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I'm glad that they are geostationary. We don't need more trash in LEO.
Good for space, bad for actual usage.
High latency works alright for some things but for many things real time data rates are needed. A 700ms ping on everything is just not great.
There's ways to position them in LEO that are sustainable. Geostationary for internet means they're going to be about as useful as dialup for any modern usage. Far too much latency to do even a Zoom call.