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by raducu 2129 days ago
Too lazy to watch it -- does it take into account the multiple criss-crossing satellite hops?

I watched it -- no it doesn't :) It is comparing fiberoptics latency with straight line light propagation. So the worst case scenario of non-existing inter-satellite communication could easily be worse than fiberoptics.

But I guess if the hedgefunds knew exactly which packet travels in a straight line, they could send one packet via Starlink and others via fiberoptics.

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Too lazy to answer
yes