SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
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Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#2I'm in a busy city so I don't think I will have a Starlink option, but I'd gladly pay twice as much to fund this than keep paying money to our evil overlord Comcast.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#3I want it.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#4I will support all alternatives to the likes of TWC and Comcast
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#5> In addition to getting the satellites in orbit, SpaceX will need to build a vast system of ground stations and affordable user terminals if it is going to connect consumers directly to its network.
Why are ground stations required? I thought you were connecting from your dish to the satellite and therefore could be anywhere with a view of the sky.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#6> In addition to getting the satellites in orbit, SpaceX will need to build a vast system of ground stations and affordable user terminals if it is going to connect consumers directly to its network. Why are ground stations required? I thought you were connecting from your dish to the satellite and therefore could be anywhere with a view of the sky.
The ground stations will have very fast fiber connections to the greater internet for the satellite network. The user terminals will connect to dishes / antenna at peoples houses, like directv
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#7> In addition to getting the satellites in orbit, SpaceX will need to build a vast system of ground stations and affordable user terminals if it is going to connect consumers directly to its network. Why are ground stations required? I thought you were connecting from your dish to the satellite and therefore could be anywhere with a view of the sky.
The ground stations tie the satellite network into the internet. Once they have the inter-satellite laser links operational, they will be able to get by with many fewer ground stations.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#8As far as Internet numbers go, 700K signing up to receive updates isn't that amazing.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#9I'm in a busy city so I don't think I will have a Starlink option, but I'd gladly pay twice as much to fund this than keep paying money to our evil overlord Comcast.
Comcast is likely currently working on regulation to block them.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink internet has ‘extraordinary demand,’
#10> In addition to getting the satellites in orbit, SpaceX will need to build a vast system of ground stations and affordable user terminals if it is going to connect consumers directly to its network. Why are ground stations required? I thought you were connecting from your dish to the satellite and therefore could be anywhere with a view of the sky.
My cable provider is Mediacom and their advertising used to say how much better than Dish they were.
But hidden from view behind their main building a bunch of satellite dishes. =)