[LINK] At 07:21 PM 28/06/2007, Saliya writes:

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 16:23 +0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> In terms of current satellite-data gentlemen, my free 'Broadband Connect'
> dedicated-landline backhaul of 64 with 256 satellite / wireless broadband
> down connection,  <http://www.onewire.com.au/index.php?id=145> pings
> ANU (150.203.99.8) with a packet size of 32bytes, and a TTL of 224, with
> an RTT of 53ms, 53ms, 54ms, 49ms & 48ms respectively.

I don't think you are going via a satellite.

You can't change the speed of light, and you can't get a geostationary
satellite into that close an orbit.

With a geostationary satellite standing out about 35000km, there is a
*minimum* delay of roughly 70000/300000 = 230 milliseconds, just for the
satellite leg. That's without any processing delays or the delays in any
other legs of the trip.

Regards, K.

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