Re: "Highly profitable" Bay S
By: Arelor to Ogg on Thu Jul 14 2022 05:44 pm
> Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
> By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Jul 13 2022 08:54 am
>
> > A> The idea that everybody has fibre and therefore DVDs are
> > A> not needed is very first worlder.
> >
> > It's probably not so much first worlder than it is metropolitan
> > focused (ie making the assumption that everyone has the same
> > access to high-speed internet everywhere). Although.. a
> > ubiquitous satellite-based system could make it so.
> >
>
> Satellite has two problems. First, latency sucks, so if you want to join one
> those streams in which you chat in real time with the streamer, you are in f
> a rough ride. Second, satellite connectivity is too expensive for what they
> offer. Also most plans I could hire here have unworkable data caps.
>
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> gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
>
Starlink is supposed to cure most of the problems with satellite. Latency is
in the 20-30 ms range, and I've seen on Youtube videos where testers were
getting a solid 180mb plus connection. Sure beats the 5mb down, 2 up Hughesnet
with 600-700ms latency.
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