Submitted 8 hours ago by CmdrGraves@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
If you are subscribed to Starlink (internet), what is it like when relying on satellite connection for both online live service play (as in multiplayer) and casual gaming? I’ve heard that star link internet sucks, is the subscription even worth the money? How well does satellite connection hold up in comparison to oceanic fiber optic cable internet?
Casual MMOs? Sure.
Counterstrike tournaments? Nope.
If available in your area, you should try out the 5g services. I use one and I play counter strike well and I get 200-300mbps down normally. When I got it, the first month was a trial period where you set it up and if it sucked, it was no charge. Plus sign up offee was good so look out for anything offered
As much as I hate the Melon Husk it’s my only option since I don’t have a LOS for any fixed wireless service and it’s been working great so far. There is fibre coming to my area soon-ish but for gaming it’s been working great. My partner and I have been able to game online at the same time along with have a stream going and downloading ISOs.
When it first came out I had Starlink for a short while, there were no good wired options available in the area. It could have pretty good speeds here and there, but was wildly inconsistent. Playing an MMO was alright in lower density areas, like a dungeon or in a solo zone, but in busier areas it could struggle.
It was fantastic for downloads and streaming videos when there was a healthy cache built in, though!
I’m probably won’t but I recall ping times were like 200ms or something? I’ve played with worse but it wasn’t awesome. I’m too lazy to Google it though so grain of salt and whatnot
You are probably thinking of ping times on the old satellite internet services. Those were terrible , barely better than dialup. Starlink is LEO so ping is much better
I use it (begrudgingly, but options out here suck), you’re wrong. It’s closer to 70-80ms. Though it has definitely improved over time, it may have been worse during the early beta.
That sounds more accurate honestly. I’ve never had it but read about it in regards to this years ago. Honestly that’s doable if you can swallow it.
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Those of us subscribed to Starlink aren’t here because we have options. Honestly, it’s decent. IIRC it’s $110/mo for on average 300 down 15 up. Is that amazing? No. Is fiber better? Yes. But they’re not marketing to people who have fiber as an option. They’re marketing to people like me, who used to pay $460/mo for 60/15 microwave internet with frequent downtime -and- data caps. If you have to ask “but which one is better”, the simple answer is generally fiber > starlink > cable > microwave > dsl/satellite > dialup. And I refuse to rank 5G service because that depends on too many factors.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Depends on where you live. Where I am, cable is 1GB and with DSL I had 600/150.
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
Yeaaah, here in the US DSL is more like 6/1.5 at best. And no, that’s not a typo.