Subj : "Highly profitable" Bay S
To   : Arelor
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 02:29:00

  Re: "Highly profitable" Bay S
  By: Arelor to Ogg on Thu Jul 14 2022 05:44 pm

 >   Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
 >   By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Jul 13 2022 08:54 am
 > 
 >  >  A> The idea that everybody has fibre and therefore DVDs are
 >  >  A> not needed is very first worlder.
 >  >
 >  > It's probably not so much first worlder than it is metropolitan
 >  > focused (ie making the assumption that everyone has the same
 >  > access to high-speed internet everywhere).  Although.. a
 >  > ubiquitous satellite-based system could make it so.
 >  >
 > 
 > Satellite has two problems. First, latency sucks, so if you want to join one
 > those streams in which you chat in real time with the streamer, you are in f
 > a rough ride. Second, satellite connectivity is too expensive for what they
 > offer. Also most plans I could hire here have unworkable data caps.
 > 
 > --
 > gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
 > 
Starlink is supposed to cure most of the problems with satellite.  Latency is
in the 20-30 ms range, and I've seen on Youtube videos where testers were
getting a solid 180mb plus connection.  Sure beats the 5mb down, 2 up Hughesnet
with 600-700ms latency.

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