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Can someone explain what latency means in simple terms for online gaming and why satellite internet like HughesNet always seems to have such terrible lag?

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Can someone explain what latency means in simple terms for online gaming and why satellite internet like HughesNet always seems to have such terrible lag?
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HughesNet satellite internet latency geostationary orbit ping 600 milliseconds explanation officialGoogle ↗
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HughesNet satellite internet latency geostationary orbit ping 600 milliseconds explanation official Google ↗
  1. What Is Transmission Latency? · my.hughesnet.com
  2. How Does A Satellite Internet Connection Work? · my.hughesnet.com
  3. Starlink · starlink.com
  4. Starlink Specifications · starlink.com
  5. What is Hughesnet Fusion? · my.hughesnet.com
  6. Fusion Low-latency Satellite Internet Plan · hughesnet.com

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