Does the ISS have better download speed than you?

[DalekSec]

Was having one of those curious moments when you wonder how something is, in this case the Download / Upload speed of the International Space Station, turns out they have a better download speed than my home broadband!!

 

Tested

 

Also they have modified laptops, when you think about it it's quite simple why they need them.

 

Edit : Bare in mind it is a 3 year old post so they might of had an upgrade since then!

[nikaso]

I wonder why they use Windows 2000, even given the age of the post? Unless there is some interface with old data logging equipment that there simply isn't drivers that exist for later versions of the OS?

[SteveBentley]

Less contention than most ADSL, I would have thought

[danbuntu]

That's an old post

 

They run mostly linux now:

 

https://www.quora.com/What-Linux-distribution-is-used-in-computers-aboard-the-ISS