The difference being that this is a side project for one of the main businesses, not their primary purpose. At best I don't think this is going to be anything besides a better alternative to other satellite internet options.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: > Guys, lots of misinformation here. > > They are NO plans nor hints of integrating Starlink antennas into Tesla > cars. It may happen but no one has hinted of this happening. All Tesla's > have 3G or 4G modems already built-in to them along with WiFi. Updates are > sent via WiFi first and after the fleet has received the updates, they > eventually push it to cars via cellular data that haven't updated via WiFi. > > Regarding B2B backhaul, I don't believe you'll see this as an option > anytime soon for WISP's or other ISP's. They're targeting residential and > small businesses as well as government contracts. The cost if they did > offer B2B backhaul services would likely be higher than fiber to your > network. Please stop thinking this will happen as I bet it will not. > > They may offer a self install option but they'll also have a contractor to > perform most installs for a cost is my guess. Maybe they'll send a self > install kit for X price and if you can't get it working, they'll schedule a > contract install for XX price. > > I'll also say that you should not doubt Elon's passion to achieve great > things. I have a Tesla and it's a work of art and by far the best vehicle > I've ever driven. 99% of people who have driven one also think this. Tesla > is succeeding, SpaceX is on it's way there, The Boring Company is half done > with their Vegas tunnel, and Starlink will likely be a viable competitor > for us. > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:48 PM Ryan Ray <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can you link that? What exactly were they testing? >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM Robert Andrews <i...@avantwireless.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Somehow they passed a first review from US DOD... Can't be all smoke >>> and mirrors in space... >>> >>> On 01/21/2020 12:18 PM, Ryan Ray 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 >>> > <mailto: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”. But is it? >>> > > >>> > > So far every technology delivery mechanism to date has become >>> > obsolete in as little as 6-10 years. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Darin Steffl > Minnesota WiFi > www.mnwifi.com > 507-634-WiFi > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >
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