On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:06 AM Chris Wright <chris.wri...@commnetbroadband.com> wrote: > > The term "5G" among technical circles started vague, became better defined > over the course of several years, and is becoming vague again. This nuance > was never well understood in the public eye, nor by mass publications like > CNN. This is a battle for 12GHz, not 5G.
I second that. I will try to use that last sentence if I have to get involved that fight. Elsewhere, though, I do wish that starlink would adopt an fq_codel derived algorithm on the dishy and headends to smooth out the wildly variable latencies some. https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1330193-spacex-starlink-internet-experience-performance/page5 > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+chris.wright=commnetbroadband....@nanog.org> On > Behalf Of John Levine > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:45 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: What say you, nanog re: Starlink vs 5G? > > It appears that Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> said: > >Adding a terrestrial transmitter source mounted on towers and with CPEs > >that stomps on the same frequencies as the last 20 years of existing > >two way VSAT terminals throughout the US seems like a bad idea. Even if > >you ignore the existence of Starlink, there's a myriad of low bandwidth > >but critical SCADA systems out there and remote locations on ku-band > >two way geostationary terminals right now. > > I think the original thought was that the satellite service would be used in > rural areas and 5G in cities so there'd be geographic separation, but > Starlink is selling service all over the place. > -- FQ World Domination pending: https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/ Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC
