Depending upon the distance between the replay position and the current log position and the size of the unspooled data in send queue, this operation might delay the alter operation.

取决于重放位置与当前日志位置之间的距离，以及发送队列中未假脱机的数据的大小，这个操作可能会延缓 alter 操作。

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The dish would send the ISP's data up to one of the satellites (in low earth orbits to minimize signal delay), which would then relay the data back down to a backbone access point.

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