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I get the impression satellite Internet might be getting more popular.


speed of light says it won't, unless you like 400ms ping times.


I don't mind 400ms ping times when streaming Netflix, as long as the bandwidth is there.


Oh you'll mind when trying to browse for movies or do any commands. It'll be like waiting in line at the DMV. Sure they have the bandwidth to work with everyone, but you still have to wait.


So serve it 2 ways, browsing over normal network, streaming from another domain over the sattelites.


Vastly increased cost, vastly increased complexity, all to work around a problem that only exists because we won't slap down predatory monopolies.


It's no different than using different CDNs for different types of web assets and it's very likely something they are doing already.


Do they? Every satellite internet provider I've ever seen has hilariously low bandwidth caps.




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