SpaceX Starlink 20ms latency is designed to run online games, claims Musk
SpaceX's affordable satellite-powered high-speed internet could offer a great way to enjoy your favorite games online when it launches.
Elon Musk has spoken about his low-earth orbit (LEO) internet service as it prepares for beta access in terms of how you might benefit from the new high-speed internet connection as a gamer.
Musk stated that Starlink's 20ms latency is designed to run "real-time, competitive video games." He also stated that Version 2, at a lower altitude, "could be as lows 8ms latency." This means if you need faster internet to better your online gaming connection, Starlink could very well be a great option. Better than simply getting internet in rural communities or hard-to-service places, you could be fragging online every night with it as well.
Around 20ms. It’s designed to run real-time, competitive video games. Version 2, which is at lower altitude could be as low as 8ms latency.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 15, 2020
If that sounds interesting to you (and it very well might, because most of our ISPs are certifiably garbage, at least where I am), SpaceX will be opening up its beta very soon, around late summer or early fall.
Starlink is said to allow about a gigabit per second connection speeds, which is a step above older satellite setups. In comparison, satellite internet provider HughesNet only offers a paltry download speed of 25Mbps and an abysmal upload speed of 3Mbps. It isn't clear what kind of upload you can expect from Starlink.
The service is said to cost around $80 per month, with rollouts in the US and Canada first, then going global. It looks like your ISP is about to have to grapple with some serious competition. Stay tuned to Shacknews for additional updates.
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replyBrittany Vincent posted a new article, SpaceX Starlink 20ms latency is designed to run online games, claims Musk
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kind of crazy how fast this came together. i thought this was a super long term thing like hyperloop
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Apparently less regulations to get thousands of satellites beeming internet to your living room than build an underground tunnel.
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I'm definitely interested in seeing some real world reviews of this.
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I will be an early adopter.
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Yeah, figured you would be given your home internet situation.
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Yeah, this is perfect for me. It will be cool to see if I can stream with it.
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I sure hope so :)
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I wonder what the hardware costs will look like
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Anything is better than the potato Internet I currently have.
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$5k holy shit
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Thank you for being a willing guinea pig. I'm excited to hear your review!
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I probably will too if it pans out. Right now I have DSL that is just shy of 7mb.
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FCC is in the pockets of the entrenched providers. As far as I'm concerned they're just propaganda at this point. That being said, I don't think we'll see Musk's numbers in real world conditions.
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/spacex-and-us-army-sign-deal-to-test-starlink-broadband-for-military-use/
also:
Shotwell also said in October that the Air Force is using Starlink to test encrypted Internet services for military planes, Reuters reported at the time. "We are delivering high bandwidth into the cockpit of Air Force planes," Shotwell said. "Right now we're just testing the capability and figuring out how to make it work."
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lol Tesla.
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Last I read they weren't getting them out in any kind of numbers, were significantly more expensive and less efficient than traditional solar panels (in the 5figures range more expensive and around 80% as effective). Apparently he wants to get a lot more teams together to take care of the delivery issue, which hopefully means they can bring costs down with economies of scale, but they still have to figure out the efficiency issue.
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80% is not bad in my opinion, if it were the same cost. You can cover a greater area and it looks more normal.
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Yeah, you're paying for aesthetics. They just really need to get the costs down and installations up.
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I talked to a specialist when I bought my Tesla last summer and at the time he said, “It doesn’t make sense for most people to get one right now.” He told me about the costs involved and that their installation reach was limited.
But that changed around fall 2019, I believe. I’m sure they still don’t have a ton of installations but I’m pretty sure there was a leap in tech and a big drop in price. When is the last time you checked in on that?
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I had satellite internet for awhile with 600-700ms latency. It was surprising how many games were playable. Diablo, Warframe, GTA Online, lots more. Most of them had problems, but nothing too bad. Anything competitive didn't work, obviously, but co-op was pretty good.
One bad example was Borderlands 2. It was awful because the bullets were all server side (apparently). You'd have to wait over a second for any weapon to respond. -
How well this works is key to fulfilling my dream of becoming a hermit.
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Hey SM me your email for Wreckfest!
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