[45872] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Satellite latency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Tue Feb 26 21:23:41 2002
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:23:10 -0800
From: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>
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To: Tim Devries <zsolutions@cogeco.ca>
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One of our customers tried Starband. Ping time from our mail server to his
was normally 800-900 ms.
Tim Devries wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think this question may have been asked before, but what is the minimum
> latency and delay I can expect from a satellite connection? What kind of
> delay have others seen in a working situation? What factors should be
> considered in end to end connectivity architecture when utilizing a
> satellite link?
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
> Tim
