Like how does it connect you to the internet compared to broadband/dsl ISP providers because I think I know that you’d run through their “hubs” to get there just curious on how using a satellite ISP works and why it wouldn’t be faster?
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Satellite internet works about the same as normal internet but with one major change. With normal cabled internet the computer sends a request to your internet service provider for a server that contains a website. Satellite internet takes the same information from the computer and converts it into a long range wireless frequency 11-15 GHz and transmits it 22,000 miles to a Satellite in Geostationary (same rotation as the earth) orbit and back 22,000 miles to your internet service provider which then can send the website data back again 22,000 miles to the satellite, then another 22,000 miles back to your home. This is why the ping is so high. SpaceX starlink will be a vast improvement since the satellites are low earth orbit at only 350 miles from earth
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