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Amazon plans over 3000 'Project Kuiper' satellites to spread global broadband
It’s not unknown how Amazon can deliver on its low-latency promise. Low-altitude satellite arrays can be substantially faster than land networks because signals travel at the speed of light (signal over copper doesn’t and even fiber slows down due to frequent repeater hardware) and because the overall distance is shorter. Counterintuitive, but the 250 mile vertical round trip is much less than the inefficient path most signals take on the ground.
Here’s an excellent video that uses Starlink to demonstrate how these clusters achieve low latency: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/9voaoa/simulation_of_revised_starlink_phase_1/