SpaceX hasn't demonstrated it, no, but I've seen estimates showing it cut NYC - 
London latency by one third. 

~45 milliseconds instead of ~60 milliseconds. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




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On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Mike Hammett wrote: 
> I would bet that SpaceX will collect more money from HFT than from anything 
> else they sell via Starlink for a long time. 
Starlink has yet to demonstrate that they can hit latencies required for HFT. 

My money is on backhaul to sites without good wireline options. 

Jared 

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