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Bhishma
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5 years ago

Ping / Latency degrading HughesNet service

The speedtest shows Hughesnet ping is showing HIGH Latencu (600+)  Spectrum shows a Latency time of less than 50.. Wny reasons why Spectrum should show a ping of about 50, yet HughesNet, 600+? Wnat...
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  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    5 years ago

    Spectrum is cable. Hughesnet is satellite.  Satellite internet has high latency.  Can't fix this because it depends on the laws of physics.

     

    Bhishma wrote:

    The speedtest shows Hughesnet ping is showing HIGH Latencu (600+)  Spectrum shows a Latency time of less than 50..
    Wny reasons why Spectrum should show a ping of about 50, yet HughesNet, 600+?
    Wnat is a good course-of-action to fix this problem?
    Thanks in advance.

     

maratsade's avatar
maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago

Spectrum is cable. Hughesnet is satellite.  Satellite internet has high latency.  Can't fix this because it depends on the laws of physics.

 

Bhishma wrote:

The speedtest shows Hughesnet ping is showing HIGH Latencu (600+)  Spectrum shows a Latency time of less than 50..
Wny reasons why Spectrum should show a ping of about 50, yet HughesNet, 600+?
Wnat is a good course-of-action to fix this problem?
Thanks in advance.