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Latency Or Satellite Shortcomings?
I think it's likely the OP is married to his erroneous ideas, and no amount of logical, coherent explanation is going to change his paranoid ideation. Thanks for the explanation, though, GabeU ; it helps me learn a bit. :)
GabeU wrote:
Nearly any communication that doesn't experience a delay is over land based cable systems, not satellite. Though I can't say with 100% certainty, I'm fairly certain that nearly all continental long distance calls use ground based infrastructure, never touching a satellite, and most of those that go overseas do the same.
Any communications over geostationary satellites will always experience some delay, and some more than others, as they have to bounce off more than one satellite. There are methods in place that try to disguise it or mitigate it, but it's always there.
Plus he hasn't figured out that the furthest a domestic telephone call can go is only about 3,000 miles on a trunked wire and is trying to compare that to 88,000 miles in space.
Now I'm really done with his ridiculous trolling.
Yes, and this is because of his paranoid ideation (and added lack of knowledge of the technology). He can't accept explanations that clash with his worldview.
MarkJFine wrote:Plus he hasn't figured out that the furthest a domestic telephone call can go is only about 3,000 miles on a trunked wire and is trying to compare that to 88,000 miles in space.
Now I'm really done with his ridiculous trolling.
- Read my post again. I'm talking about satellite communication. Read the link. Even if a wired call went started with POTS and then sent internationally via satellite there is no noticable latency.
I'm just trying to cover my bases. How about giving me the benefit of the doubt and give me instructions on how to fix my problem instead of belittling me, implying that I'm misconstruing the facts and slandering me by saying I'm paranoid. I have not done this to you folks.
I'm sure this behavior is outside of Community Guidelines.
