Starlink is a powerhouse and built to scale, with the planned obsolescence of deployed satellite scheduled replacements a long term upgrade path was built into the design. only thing stopping it would be world governments
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 9:57 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > Musk does tend to be a “fabulist”. SpaceX however has a track record of > mostly doing what they promise, including with Starlink. I have to admit I > was impressed with how transparent they were with customers during beta and > when they had just a couple hundred sats about dropouts, about what happens > during peak times, an app to see if you had enough open sky, putting people > on the waitlist until they had capacity, etc. > > > > The industry in general has a problem with confusing total capacity with > throughput per subscriber, but I actually don’t hear bad things from people > who’ve gotten Starlink. > > > > It does sound like they’re talking about a new satellite design, and he > didn’t say anything about timeframe. Or whether you would also need a new > Starlink terminal. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2024 9:40 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink says gigabit speeds coming > > > > "Gigabit" measured at the satellite unloaded before launched from Earth. > > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:05 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > https://x.com/michaelnicollsx/status/1845609488570810874 > > -- > 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 >
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