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Re: [LUG] [Fwd: Superfast internet cafe launches]

 

Rob Beard wrote:

> Is the 100Mbit via satellite or fibre?  Surely if it's Satellite the 
> latency would still be higher than a good cable / dsl connection - i.e. 
> not much cop for internet gaming.

>>From what I was told the last time I went there, from Goonhilly the
signal gets taken via Plymouth and Exeter on fibre, back up to London to
one of the big switching centres in London and then onto where they need
it to go.

Most of the work that Goonhily does these days involves sending and
receiving TV signals from other parts of the world, INMARSAT Ship to
Shore communications and Ad-Hoc IP connections for business clients.

-- 
Seth

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