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Cblucas3
Freshman
6 years ago

Latency Or Satellite Shortcomings?

There is all this talk of distance affecting latency which doesn't seem to wash. If the signal has to travel 88,000 miles latency shouldn't be an issue when the speed of light is considered. Traveling...
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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
6 years ago

I'm sure MarkJFine can provide a suitable explanation. But you should take your posting to the General Discussion section, because this section is for Tech Support, and you're not requesting any tech support. 

 

Maybe the mods can move the conversation to General Discussion. 

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MarkJFine
Professor
6 years ago

I provided a truthful explanation of why there is a base latency and provided a means to determine where the problem is.

The OP decided not to comply and gave a fairly paranoid and accusatory reason why.

 

So respectfully, I'm deciding from entertaining this circular conversation any longer before someone gets angry.

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    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    6 years ago

    Sounds good to me. 

    MarkJFine wrote:

    I provided a truthful explanation of why there is a base latency and provided a means to determine where the problem is.

    The OP decided not to comply and gave a fairly paranoid and accusatory reason why.

     

    So respectfully, I'm deciding from entertaining this circular conversation any longer before someone gets angry.