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by fragmede 1482 days ago
Based on what math? Tokyo and New-York are 10,848.68 km apart, terrestrially (though cables don't go as the crow flies), but LEO is only 2,000km off the surface. If Starlink can get connect Tokyo to New York in fewer than 3 hops, and thus over shorter distance, then you can bet that HFT firms will be falling over themselves to sign up.
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It is even better than that as Starlink shells start at 550km orbit .

( It doesn’t matter as the boost from not using glass as medium for light makes it no contest anyway)