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		Wi-Fi on the moon is now as fast as the Wi-Fi in your living room (globalpost.com)
		2 points by dalek2point3 on May 31, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

ColinWright on May 31, 2014 [–]

Speed is great - the latency is dreadful, and it's the latency that really matters.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826768

http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/rants/Latency.html

http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2012/11/its-still-latenc...

http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/its-still-the-latency-stupid/

Oh, and also:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7821316

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7789116

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7793747

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7797646

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