= Сообщение: 6664 из 12550 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Ward Dossche 2:292/854 12 Jun 18 15:44:14 Кому : BjФrn Felten 12 Jun 18 15:44:14 Тема : Re: Fiber connection to every household FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+102f3d5e На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5b1fbef8 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5b1fd2e4 Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:240/1661+5b1d6a3c Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/1208@FidoNet+520b8677 ============================================================================== BF> You don't seem to understand the latency with a satellite connection. BF> Have you never seen, on the news, when a reporter out on the field gets a BF> question from the news room, and it takes several seconds before he or BF> she replies?
BF> That's what the latency from geostationary satellites (at 36kkm) gives BF> you. It's acceptable when you get a live report from a far distance but BF> it sure as hell will not be acceptable when you surf the web.
It's more complicated than that. Video/sound travel at the speed of light .... some 300.000km/h. In orde to reach that reporter, the signal therefor travels 72.000km ... that's between 1/4 and 1/5 of a second, sending a signal back has a similar latency of 1/4 to 1/5 of a second ... There's more to it.
Besides, I thought only sound went via satellite and image via cable because it consumes too much bandwith on a satellite.
