Yes I SSH all day every day, and it has been totally fine (at least while the service is up. There is daily down time currently). Video calls the same. No issues (when it's up).
That said, when I'm on my own machines or ones that I can install things on, I can't recommend mosh highly enough. I've literally gotten on a plane and had the shell pick up thousands of miles away without missing a beat once the laptop was back online at the hotel.
Not OP but I've setup a continuous reverse SSH from a farm in the South to a Comcast residential service in the Bay area.
SSH works but there's enough latency and other general network variation that makes me think it's not quite good enough an experience to spend a day remotely editting files.
For anything not requiring really low-latency, Starlink absolutely shines. Watching the local news from my childhood farm on the other side of the country via satellite internet feels like the future.
I'm on traditional satellite for one week out of every two - at 600ms RTT. I'm either SSH'ing into hosts over that link, or worse, using a Citrix VDI to access (mostly) SSH terminals at the far end.
It's tolerable but far from enjoyable.
30ms latency would be an utter delight, not just compared to geostationary, but also compared to what we had in the late 20th century in terms of terrestrial connections.
I’m on MS Teams video calls a lot. It’s fine for speed, except sometimes the connection drops for a minute. I assume because a satellite is not overhead at that time. Supposed to improve as more satellites are sent up.
freedomben|4 years ago
That said, when I'm on my own machines or ones that I can install things on, I can't recommend mosh highly enough. I've literally gotten on a plane and had the shell pick up thousands of miles away without missing a beat once the laptop was back online at the hotel.
daveevad|4 years ago
SSH works but there's enough latency and other general network variation that makes me think it's not quite good enough an experience to spend a day remotely editting files.
For anything not requiring really low-latency, Starlink absolutely shines. Watching the local news from my childhood farm on the other side of the country via satellite internet feels like the future.
Jedd|4 years ago
I'm on traditional satellite for one week out of every two - at 600ms RTT. I'm either SSH'ing into hosts over that link, or worse, using a Citrix VDI to access (mostly) SSH terminals at the far end.
It's tolerable but far from enjoyable.
30ms latency would be an utter delight, not just compared to geostationary, but also compared to what we had in the late 20th century in terms of terrestrial connections.
appleiigs|4 years ago
unknown|4 years ago
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