So, maybe a bit of a long shot, but im seriously looking into Starlink for both personal and business use and interested to know what the expected latency is from one side of the planet to another.
Im sure others have other queries that aren’t covered by Starlink’s FAQ.
So without further ado…
- can someone with Starlink in the USA please try and ping a few IPs and tell me response time? ns1.telstra.net (203.50.248.6), www.iinet.net.au (203.173.50.151)
- traceroute to same addresses?
What I’m keen to know is whether or not the latency from one side of the planet to another is comparable with terrestrial service or how it compares.
Aware that local-to-local traffic may see worse than terrestrial pings, but I’m actually curious to see if it may even beat terrestrial service when going to the other side of the planet due to more direct path and radio/laser/whatever travelling through vacuum or close to it…
One of my use cases for example is remote users in different countries getting back to services in our HQ here in Australia… 2-way VSAT is garbage (550 ms assuming the earth station is local, if not add terrestrial carriage) and terrestrial internet is often 250-300ms plus anyway… from say Africa or central Europe to Australia.
But, low earth orbit satellite is MUCH MUCH closer to earth and potentially latency is much better due to the smaller distance involved.
Cheers!