Jaeldawn said:
Okay, I know I have boo hooed enough about the data cap with Exede, but I am locked in with the for 2 years, and cannot help but miss WoW and other online games I played. I have mentioned before that I do live in the country, and satellite is my only option. Are my online gaming days over?? I know they are at least for the next 2 years, but is there a satellite internet service that I can play online games with? I honestly haven't been dealing well with this.
The short answer is; neither you, or any sat ISP can change the laws of physics. Best I can recall Geo Sats sit about 23,000 miles above the equator. With that info we can do some quick math to find a base ping rate of the service.
1. 23,000 X 2 = 46,000 ( one trip from your house to the sat then back down to Earth )
2. Your data then must travel from your ISP to whatever its destination may be, then back to the sat uplink station ( we can be really generous and say 75 ms )
3. Now the return trip from Earth to sat, then back to your house ( Another 46,000 miles )
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. So 96,000 / 186,000 = .516 seconds or 516 ms, plus the 75 ms for normal Internet routing gives you a best case ping of ~ 586 ms
While this is not optimal it should be ok for games like WoW or other MMOs, however games like CoD, or Halo will seem very leggy at best, unplayable at their worst.
Hope this helps.
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