Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down110
arrow-up1349arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agothere’s no fundamental physics limitation that makes this true. in fact, light in a vacuum travels faster than in glass fiber, so the theoretical latency of LEO internet is actually faster compared to fiber over a certain distance
there’s no fundamental physics limitation that makes this true. in fact, light in a vacuum travels faster than in glass fiber, so the theoretical latency of LEO internet is actually faster compared to fiber over a certain distance