Eli5 how internet on cruise ships is so slow, but they get live tv from satellites without issue

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I was just on a cruise ship and the reason they said internet is so slow is because it comes from satellites, but we can watch live tv from satellites without buffering or any issues? Why is video so much better than internet

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Getting TV from a satellite is one directional. Internet requires you to send data in both directions (requests and responses)

It’s also often less compressable since it’s encrypted data. Some stuff gets compressed before encryption but not everything

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