This is Ka Band. Not Ku
SLA is basically a guarantee from the provider that a particular level of
service will be met. Failure means penalties.
There's a single community gateway in Unalaska. The customer is Optimera.
Jan 18, 2024 10:17:34 AM Alexandre Petrescu via Starlink
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> Le 17/01/2024 à 21:57, Inemesit Affia via Starlink a écrit :
>> I don't think the idea of advertising with the association of fiber is only
>> about latency.
>>
>> Think "symmetrical link" which isn't common even for Enterprise satcom.
> IT is true. That symmetrical aspect - upload speed similar to download
> bandwidth, compared to a higher ratio ul/dl - is a great benefit in fiber and
> ADSL for home users. Maybe the latency ratio could also be considered.
>>
>>
>> Also the SLA. Wonder if we can test this link somehow. How performant is it
>> vs the Ku Band service? Anyone has a connection to the customer?
>
> I suppose it is not yet possible to compare the SLA of starlink Community
> gateways, since the starlink Community gateways seem not to be deployed
> already. But I dont really know.
>
> Alex
>
> PS:
>
> I am not sure what you mean by the SLA aspect (service-level agreement).
> Maybe you mean a form of higher reliability and stability of the user link.
>
> Ku band (12GHz-18GHz) is what typical starlink uses to end users.
>
> Starlink Community gateways might also use Ku band, I think. However, the
> photos show these spheres of 'teleports' which probably use something higher
> than Ku. I dont know what freqs these teleports use; and dont know either
> whether the Community gateways will use that Ku, or use the D-band
> (120-170GHz) recently reserved by 'ESSAFI II for starlink at ITU.
>
> Then there is this Starlink Direct which promisses data (maybe higher
> bandwidths?) to unmodified smartphone users in year 2025, which might also be
> used for communities, albeit much smaller ('tethering' WiFi technology).
> That is at 2.6 or 3.6 GHz (unmodified smartphones).
>
> JIOSpace fiber seems to be at MEO altitudes and also for unmodified
> smartphones,, hence around 2.6 or 3.6GHz.
>
> Do you think the 'SLA' of smartphones is high?
>
>
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