Japan To Offer 155Mbps Via Satellite > Wow...

Wow...

155mbps is great......but really when your talking 1200 - 1400ms of latency does it really matter?

I'd rather have better latency then speed..........without good latency you really have nothing.

reply to EPS
Maybe there is Japanese Self-Defense Force interest in this satellite? Having broadband available even after a major earthquake could be useful to more than just the general public.

reply to meinmd
Actually I'd like to see this as a way to deliver large content where latency is not an issue. If we could work out QOS methods where downloads and such were put on high latency paths then more interactive content could be handled on the low latency paths.

reply to meinmd
Well it depends on what you're doing- if you're just viewing webpages and downloading files latency isn't a huge issue, but when you get into real-time things it does become one... hm, isn't online gaming very popular in Japan? That would probably injure this product.

reply to NOCMan
Perhaps dialup?

reply to EPS
Holy cow! Wow is right. In one hand I'm wishing we had something like this in the USA and... well, you know in the other. I wonder which will fill up first.

Something like this could make living in the sticks a whole new ballgame.
If we did get something like this and it worked, especially if they could improve the latency issues, maybe there would be mass switching of service practically overnight. Then again maybe not because you'd likely have to sell your soul and a kidney to afford it.
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reply to EPS
6Mbit up is more than you can get from anything around here except FIOS.