If you are currently subscribed to that, what is it like when relying on satellite connection for both online live service play (as in multiplayer) and casual gaming? I’ve heard that star link internet sucks, is the subscription even worth the money for what it is? How does satellite connection hold up in comparison to oceanic fiber optic cable internet? The thing is, fiber optic cable internet is common and older while the latter is niche and recent.
I subscribe to the notion that any wireless technology should be considered a last resort due to latency. Hell, it could be 1 Gbps but if the latency is bad (which it always will be when you’re transmitting through the air or nearly off planet) things like gaming, WiFi calling, videoconferencing, etc. will always be annoying.
Think about it: you’re transmitting data to a satellite in orbit. What does it have to do? It has to transmit back down to the earth to access the wired internet. Why would you do this if you’ve got access to fiber or even cable? I’d possibly even consider DSL (though not dial-up) rather than use Starlink.
(All of this sidesteps the sheer idiocy of sending thousands of satellites into orbit only to eventually destroy them.)
Being a satellite link, it’s also susceptible to weather (though that said, my old DSL line wasn’t any different). You probably won’t want your network connection rendered unusable because of a storm, or large cloud/smoke cover.
SpaceX is run by a literal nazi.
/thread. Don’t finance fascists. Billionnaires steal your wages and wellbeing.
A friend of mine had to use Starlink when he lived out in the sticks, near farmland.
I do wireless designs and surveys for a living, and I still prefer my cables. Wireless internet for me is a last resort if you cannot get some form of cabled internet.
My friend told me about the jitter and the spikes in latency, but also if the weather was too bad or really cloudy then his connection would be too bad to even browse.
I’ll gladly sit on my VDSL line instead of Starlink and have a stable connection.
Also it means not funding Musk in anyway.
Don’t buy Internet from Nazis, no matter the benefit.
I run starlink as here in the UK BT dont think I need fiber, here is 10 ping to Google DNS. Not sure what good pings are, but it tops out at 31ms. Over the last week I have an average of 38 ms.
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 11 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 16.700/21.017/31.925/4.361 msNot sure what good pings are
Just to compare, here’s the same test on my Plusnet fiber connection (owned by BT).
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 10017ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.091/6.502/6.709/0.178 msThat’s not very good. My ethernet connection to my traditional isp:
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8: Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 3msMy wifi connection:
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8: Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 6ms, Maximum = 12ms, Average = 8ms
