Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion
Mr. Rory Fitzpatrick:
Yes. I will give an example. When a broadcast unit is televising an outdoor racing event and you are watching it on television, you will note a time lag between the person speaking and the outside broadcast unit coverage. That is satellite latency. There is a problem with it and it is a big issue. For example, if my son, who does a lot of gaming, is playing Fortnite or some other game against a guy who has better latency, he is likely to be killed quickly because the other guy has a quicker trigger time. For those who need to engage via Zoom calls that cannot be done on a satellite because the time lag makes it impossible. We previously had problem with web tunnelling software as well.
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