[45873] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Satellite latency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (michael@aplatform.com)
Tue Feb 26 21:32:19 2002
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:30:59 -0800 (PST)
From: michael@aplatform.com
To: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>
Cc: Tim Devries <zsolutions@cogeco.ca>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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Speaking of Starband.. I have seen latency in the 1.2 second range. This
was over a year ago so maybe they have gotten better..
Michael...
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Roy wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
