It&#x27;s taking your connection 7 seconds to ping google.com.<p>No, we&#x27;re not going to prevent and&#x2F;or stone-wall encryption just so a connection with an average 7+ second latency works marginally better.<p>As an aside - this satellite connection is one of the worst ones I&#x27;ve seen. Old satellite connections are supposed to be on average about 1 second of latency[1] (and that&#x27;s considered bad).<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;information-technology&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;satellite-internet-faster-than-advertised-but-latency-still-awful&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;information-technology&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;satell...</a>