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>>alden5+(OP)
So which points are getting “faster than fibre” latency because of this? Extra distance up and down, but make up for it on the long-haul.

Won’t beat HF radio though.

>>Scound+ld5
Why would we expect faster than fibre?

>>edgyqu+Eg5
The speed of light in a vacuum is roughly 50% higher than the speed of light in fiber.

>>Cu3PO4+Fh5
The area between a starlink receiver on the ground and a satellite isn’t a vacuum

>>edgyqu+Fy5
That's a great point, I was curious so I looked it up. Google offered the following:

"The speed of light in air is about 299,705 kilometers per second, or 2.99705 × 10^8 meters per second. This is almost as fast as light travels in a vacuum, slowing down by only three ten-thousandths of the speed of light."

So seems like the speed of light in atmosphere is still a lot faster than fiber.