So his parents of my boyfriend switched to internet via satellite and moved through since the day before yesterday. When my friend came home from vacation today and he realizes that there's only internet via satellite, he is now afraid to play multiplayer with his Xbox One games console because he is afraid that there will actually be high latency and that it actually will makes unplayable. Because my friend is very fond of multiplayer games. That's why he's still not able to try it out and has he called me on the phone in fear of whether the high latency is really true, after reading countless horror comments on the Internet?
So I wanted to ask whether the high latency through Internet satellite is really true, and whether my friend should be really afraid to try multiplayer or should he calm down?
Yes, your fears are justified. The latency will be grueling in places. He can forget about multiplayer in the competitive area.
The fact is… Until now you will never get a 1 G / Bit connection via satellite. On the other hand, I think a maximum of only 50 mbits is possible via satellite. It is true that satellite can actually make bad connections. Storms, objects in front of the satellite or other influences.
In my opinion, satellite is useless for gaming. Sorry
Internet via satellite has latency times that are around 800 ms. Chat and telephony over the Internet can be carried out with a little patience, but this PING is too high when gaming.
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You speak to me from the heart, as I have also described it above.
Then internet via satellite makes absolutely no sense at all if the internet will run even worse. Because why is there internet via satellite at all?
Wait, internet via satellite is perfectly adequate for normal use. In spite of everything, you can still use Youtube etc. I'm against satellite connection if you need a constant connection. In other words, in the gaming area you are permanently bound to your connection. With a clip on Youtube, the player only loads as far as you are watching or a little more.
You can generally forget about multiplayer, not only in the competitive area. Except maybe some strategy games.
