https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1214548764054216704
Straight from the gods mouth I guess. On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:52 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > I would be surprised if there were motors in there. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:49:50 PM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] The Future > > OK but are these phased array antennas like beam steering well they have > stepper motors in them? Because the moment you add motors you had parts > that are going to break sooner or later. > > Plus if we really think that a self install is going to work for a > customer I think we are giving the customer way too much credit. > > First of all a cable still Hass to be run to the antenna and put through > the wall of the house, secondly we all know customers are going to try to > install it in the worst possible location, under a tree, under a deck, or > someplace that has great aesthetic value but terrible propagation to the > night sky. > > On Jan 21, 2020, at 3:45 PM, Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > wrote: > > "Customer CPE is a pizza box ufo <$200 and they are starting in 2020, but > there's no pictures or details. How is that even possible? We're buying > 450b at a more expensive cost and there ain't no phased antenna with motors > in it." > > The question is what do the parts or materials actually cost in large > quantities? Cambium makes its money off of selling 450s. They aren't > interested in selling them to you as cheap as possible so you can make more > recurring revenue. SpaceX wants a piece of that 30B recurring revenue and > in order to do that they need a ~$200 CPE that users could install > themselves or have joe taskrabbit install for them with nothing more then > a screwdriver and perhaps a cordless drill. Elon has shown time and time > again that he is willing to go all in any time the pot odds are good. There > are some great pot odds here and I wouldn't bet against Elon, at least in > the long run. > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:19 PM Ryan Ray <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm still very wary of this. There seems to be a lot of over-promising >> under delivering. In typical Elon fashion, no details but the world runs >> with it and puts out all these data models that make it seem like the >> second coming of christ. Customer CPE is a pizza box ufo <$200 and they are >> starting in 2020, but there's no pictures or details. How is that even >> possible? We're buying 450b at a more expensive cost and there ain't no >> phased antenna with motors in it. >> >> Then all you read online is the cult following of spaceslax who takes a >> twitter post as gospel and just keeps perpetuating the same tired >> information. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:02 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If the SpaceX Starlink system works at 50% of what it's hyped, it will >>> become the future of rural internet. Urban is still going to be >>> dominated (eventually) by fiber for the foreseeable future. Higher speed >>> wireless will be very, very local. >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 1/19/2020 6:29 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >>> > I don’t know why, but this evening got me thinking about broadband >>> delivery over the past 30 years and the future of broadband. >>> > >>> > First we had nothing, then along came dial-up and that was amazing and >>> many companies sprung up offering the service. Giants like AOL and Prodigy. >>> > >>> > Then DSL and Cable came along as well as wireless and dial-up has all >>> but died. >>> > >>> > Now DSL is basically dead, cable and wireless have gone through >>> several iterations and we are seeing a push to fiber. >>> > >>> > What’s the possibility in the next 10 years cable and wireless will be >>> dead technologies with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. >>> > >>> > But then..... is fiber really future proof? We are talking about >>> investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because it’s “the >>> future”. 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