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ahecht t1_j38s1pz wrote

Reply to comment by doxx_in_the_box in Qualcomm partners with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to Android phones by thebelsnickle1991

You're confusing speed with latency.

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doxx_in_the_box t1_j38t2z6 wrote

Latency = speed if you’re talking about how quickly a message is delivered, aka how quickly it reaches emergency services on the ground

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ahecht t1_j38uu4m wrote

The difference in latency caused by the time it takes light to travel to a satellite 500 miles up vs 900 miles up is fractions of a second, and meaningless compared to human reaction time when talking about an emergency response.

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doxx_in_the_box t1_j395put wrote

And speed isn’t always defined by distance. It’s just the time it takes to get from A to B, units can be anything I.e 100MB/S (gasp!)

The time it takes a message to be received, according to Iridium, up to 10 seconds. 6 messages per minute for the pedantic

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