What is transmission latency?
Transmission latency is the amount of time it takes a packet of data to travel across the network. With satellite service, the packet of data must travel up to the satellite and back. This round trip is about 45,000 miles. This adds about a half second delay to the time your computer takes to connect to the host server or Website. Because of this, time sensitive applications requiring fractions of a second user inputs (including real time equities trading or multi-player “twitch” games) are not recommended with HughesNet.
Latency refers to the amount of time it takes a packet of data to travel across a network. With satellite service, that data must travel up to the satellite and back (about 45,000 miles). This round trip adds about a half-second delay to the total time your computer takes to communicate with a Website or host server.
