iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to fiberguy
Re: 1500/256 has 17 GB down cap & 5 GB up cap Just to throw in my 2¢, WB's latency is off the charts compared with anything else I've seen. Even an overloaded WiSP conection. Dialup is downright low-latency in comparison, with pings around 200-250 ms in my experience. |
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH | Latency will always be higher on a satellite connection. It's a 23,000 mile trip each way to the bird so the speed of light is a major limiting factor. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Understood. Just throwing it out there... |
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 tim_kButtons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, KaseyPremium,VIP
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
kudos:13 | reply to Emiya
said by Emiya:Latency will always be higher on a satellite connection. It's a 23,000 mile trip each way to the bird so the speed of light is a major limiting factor. However, with WB's traffic shaping, pings double from what they should be. Mine were around 1200-1300 on avg. I once connected to my neighbors Hughs Sat service and pings were around 600. I could defintely see web pages come up faster.
I wonder what kind of traffic shaping tricks they'll use if you do get the 18 Mb plan. Maybe double pings again to 2400  ?
When I had WB, the caps didn't bother me, only once did I get close to 17 Gb. That's certainly better than the cap on many EVDO plans.
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Latency will always be higher on a satellite connection. It's a 23,000 mile trip each way to the bird so the speed of light is a major limiting factor.
Since we saw with our own eyes latency of around 600 to 650 ms being delivered day in and day out for the first year, and now latency is in the 1250 ms range, it seems traffic shaping accounts for more latency than distance right now.
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