said by TKJunkMail 
:One thing that the news item left out of this wonderful product is that the average latency of about 800 msecs for a satellite connection( »
Satellite Forum FAQ »
What are the average ping times for satellite? ) makes the product a poor supplier of interactive internet browsing. It will suffer the same problems that the Direcway( »
HughesNet Satellite ) system does.
That doesn't mean it doesn't have a lot of uses. It just means that when the marketing types start hyping the product they conveniently overlook its limitations. And in comparing it to fiber optic without mentioning latency issues, they are doing just that.
You're assuming a geosynchronous orbit, however. If it were in a LEO (Low Earth Orbit), the latency could be far less. Even with geosynchronous, the latency only becomes a problem when using something like VoIP or gaming... for standard web browsing and email, it is not an issue.
