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AyrA_ch t1_ix5zf3s wrote

Reply to comment by Lootcifer- in European Union strikes €6bn deal to develop own broadband satellite network by Sorin61

Evem without it, Europe already has very affordable Sat broadband. It uses satellites in geostationary orbit, so the delay is quite high (approx 700 ms). Fairly fast and not as expensive as you might think.

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quettil t1_ix746bl wrote

Useless for communications, work, VR etc.

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AyrA_ch t1_ix7ehn6 wrote

Nope. Totally works. You get used to the dalays eventually. The only thing that really doesn't works is FPS/realtime strategy games.

The round trip time is not that important for communication or remote desktop protocols. The other parties hear you with a 300-400 ms delay and you hear them with the same delay but people eventually get used to this.

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whyvas t1_ix7r1ym wrote

Or they can use something that doesn't have those shitty delays... We could all get by with dial up modems too, but why suffer through that when something 100x better is available today?

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