SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf Russia takes out all the Internet cables like the news is saying. How much of that traffic can be re-routed to satellite?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf Russia takes out all the Internet cables like the news is saying. How much of that traffic can be re-routed to satellite?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoA large amount but at 500ms+ latency it might as well be useless for most applications.
minus-squarelistless@lemmy.cringecollective.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoif by “most” you mean “a scant few applications that can’t tolerate it” then sure. US to Germany pings are currently ~120ms. Not many things that can’t tolerate 500ms outside of gaming.
A large amount but at 500ms+ latency it might as well be useless for most applications.
if by “most” you mean “a scant few applications that can’t tolerate it” then sure. US to Germany pings are currently ~120ms. Not many things that can’t tolerate 500ms outside of gaming.