Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan.

it isn't.

The only thing that satelitte internet has over "terrestrial" (for lack of a better word) internet services is that the range of service is absolutely HUGE. For example, most of the US can be serviced from a single satellite (assuming the satelitte could handle the bandwidth). If you were to move hundreds of miles away, you could still just set back up and continue where you left off.

For everything else, satellite internet service will be worse. The only people who should even consider satellite service are people who don't care about latency and cannot get any other broadband service.

NOTE: I just re-read my previous post (2 up from this one) and realised I forgot to say that I was comparing the satellite distance to the distance from NY to LA (394,000 meters)
 
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NOTE: I just re-read my previous post (2 up from this one) and realised I forgot to say that I was comparing the satellite distance to the distance from NY to LA (394,000 meters)
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You are off by a factor of 10.
 
yeah, yer right....I looked that number up instead of doing the conversion myself. I should have noticed it was off by so much.

direct distance from NY to LA is about 2500 mi.

2500mi * 1.609344 km / mi = 4023 km = 4,023,000m


which means that response time distance would be approx 8,000,000m or 17.5 times shorter than satellite.



When I initially typed this up I balked at the 175x number but was kinda in a hurry so I didn't double check it....that'll teach me..
 
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When I initially typed this up I balked at the 175x number but was kinda in a hurry so I didn't double check it....that'll teach me..
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No problem, it happens, but the best part is that you realized your mistake, that helps. Self-realization is the best way to improve and wish more people can admit mistakes like you. :)
 
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I read recently that 'high-speed nternet' in Japan was something like 62 times faster than in USA.

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100Mbps over optical fiber cable is available almost everywhere here. I've been using it for about 5 years and can remember only
one outage. The cost is about $37 a month including VoIP.
TV cable companies are starting to increase the speed to
160Mbps.
I also have a PC card that I can use with my laptop in most parts
of Japan at 7.2Mbps.

So I guess I've now made you quite envious! But on the other hand you just can't get a good pastrami sandwich here.
 
Quote from kinar:

it isn't.

The only thing that satelitte internet has over "terrestrial" (for lack of a better word) internet services is that the range of service is absolutely HUGE. For example, most of the US can be serviced from a single satellite (assuming the satelitte could handle the bandwidth). If you were to move hundreds of miles away, you could still just set back up and continue where you left off.

For everything else, satellite internet service will be worse. The only people who should even consider satellite service are people who don't care about latency and cannot get any other broadband service.

NOTE: I just re-read my previous post (2 up from this one) and realised I forgot to say that I was comparing the satellite distance to the distance from NY to LA (394,000 meters)
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Satellite makes sense if you are streaming thousands of symbols.
 
Quote from learner2007:

100Mbps over optical fiber cable is available almost everywhere here. I've been using it for about 5 years and can remember only
one outage. The cost is about $37 a month including VoIP.
TV cable companies are starting to increase the speed to
160Mbps.
I also have a PC card that I can use with my laptop in most parts
of Japan at 7.2Mbps.

So I guess I've now made you quite envious! But on the other hand you just can't get a good pastrami sandwich here.
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What service do you use?
 
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