this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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At medium earth orbit the minimum delay will be about 67ms (250 ms to 600+ ms for geostationary orbits) for LEO it is 25-50 ms. The average ground network ping on a good day is 1ms-20ms.
Looks like dialup's back on the menu boys!