What is transmission latency?
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 a second delay to the total time your computer takes to communicate with a Website or host server. Therefore, time-sensitive applications that require fractions-of-a-second user inputs (such as multi-player twitch games or real-time equities trading) 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. Because SkyWay USA uses hybrid technology with dial-up as the request path to the internet, we only have to make one round trip between earth and satellite to transmit data. With two-way satellite systems, there are two round trips to be made: both the request path to the internet and data download must each make one round trip to the satellite. This explains why SkyWay USA begins loading web pages faster than our competitors.
