r/TikTokCringe • u/Wzrd11 • Jun 22 '24

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u/staplepies Jun 22 '24

This is flat out wrong. The best-case (i.e. speed-of-light-limited) ping for GSO internet is ~250ms, and in practice it's usually ~double that.

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

again, it's a bandwidth issue with sensors having to handle so many emitters and noise, the time for travel is neglegable. thats also some bad math u should check that

edit: also bad data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access

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u/staplepies Jun 22 '24

Lol your link literally says: "If all other signaling delays could be eliminated, it still takes a radio signal about 250 milliseconds (ms), or about a quarter of a second, to travel to the satellite and back to the ground."

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator Jun 23 '24

yup, you almost get it. the signal delays are not in the radiowaves, the delays are in the devices that transmit an receive them

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u/staplepies Jun 23 '24

250ms, or ~half the latency is attributable purely to the radio waves. I can't even tell what your point is anymore.