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Once again the flailing Australian National Broadband Network is in the news with a couple in Melbourne being quoted up to 1.2 million dollars to connect to the NBN. The primary reason for this is the the house in question is seven kilometres of fibre would be needed to connect the property. With the copper network being switched off around Australian, even in places where it is still viable, the only option is to switch to the NBN unless a competing network already exists. The NBN has stated that it can cost $30,000 to run fibre for a "few hundred metres". It is getting to the point where it can be cheaper just to move house if the internet is bad.
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Australian Couple Quoted 1 Million to Connect to the NBN
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Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday June 14 2018, @06:29PM (3 children)
I worked on the TCP/IP code for Globalstar. G* used LEO satellites, I calculated that if the bird was on the horizon you had a 250 ms round trip. We were happy with a 100 ms delay but prepared for much more.
Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 14 2018, @08:05PM (1 child)
Yep, you are right. I hadn't thought that through. Straight overhead, 90° elevation, you have a short distance. But at any bearing out towards the horizon, you have a much greater distance.
That is an interesting problem to look forward to.
Of course, downloads can still have great throughput with sliding window protocols. (With "great" defined as whatever bandwidth you can get out of some new satellite system designed for internet.)
But you can never make up for latency. And some applications require low latency to work well.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday June 14 2018, @09:49PM
> And some applications require low latency to work well.
"You see, officer, it's just a misunderstanding: my ISP is so slow that if I click on the teen porn, I get MILF porn, and if I click on the MILF porn, I get granny porn. And I really wanted teen porn"
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 14 2018, @08:06PM
Maybe I'm being over optimistic in hoping that satellite based ISPs could free us from the tyranny of ground based ISPs.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.