For context I play on an Ethernet PS5 connected to a Asus RT-AX82U AX5400 with satellite NBN

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    1 year ago

    Geostationary orbit is at ~35,000 km. It’s far but the speed of light is “only” responsible for about half of the total latency

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      That’s not right. The round trip (which is what he’s measuring) is up-down-up-down which is 140,000 km. That’s half a second.