It should also be pointed out that Starlink is the only one of the proposed satellite clusters that is actually working.
-- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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