basic math says light travels faster across the surface shorter distances than orbit.
replyUm yeah but the transmission path is longer and the equipment and signal processing on each hop also adds latency. I really doubt it'll make much of a difference.
replyI doubt the transmission path is longer, fiber optic cables aren't laid in perfectly straight lines between all points.
replyI mean with satellite it's longer. You have to go up and down, and starlink sats prefer sending data streams back to the ground as soon as they can (because the laser interconnect capacity is limited).
replyAnd variable, no less due to the high differential speed of the satellites. And the signal conditioning is much more involved than on the ground.