Does this allow the ability to circumvent LTE networks in countries like China? Do we have the capability to send messages to any/all phones in China if we (USA) wanted to?
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was curious about this! I wish this was a perk of owning / purchasing a Tesla or a more expensive option of Starlink terminal.
It’s kind of crazy Tesla hasn’t partnered with SpaceX to provide Starlink as an option.
Kinda not. Generally if you got road you got reception. Only wilderness areas don’t. For few people who go camping, etc the standalone miniterminal makes most sense.
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#123I switched to T-Mobile at the last upgrade interval because of this. My family looks forward to no longer relying on Garmin InReach devices when out hiking.
The inReach is basically indestructible. A cell phone, not so much.
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#124> ENGINEERED BY SPACEX It would be very interesting to see some kind of diagram depicting all of the corporate entities Musk is involved in and how each entity does business with one another. xAI just raised billions to help Tesla build out FSD (or at least that was part of the pitch). His empire is divided into so many corporate entities, but they all cross-pollinate and are clearly under his direct control for the…
Berkshire is very different, they are a hedge fund/holding company and their main business is trading companies.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was curious about this! I wish this was a perk of owning / purchasing a Tesla or a more expensive option of Starlink terminal.
It’s kind of crazy Tesla hasn’t partnered with SpaceX to provide Starlink as an option.
I think the fact that they haven't may be kind of indicative. Last I searched it had supported maximum local device density of just handful in miles.
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#127I wish I could pay Starlink directly and have global satellite based LTE instead of having to go through a specific carrier and be limited by other carriers’ reciprocity to specific countries and bands One space based cell plan for the whole world
Not really feasible. The only reason Starlink DTC works is because it's not trying to supply coverage inside dense cities.
Musk mentions this in the very first announcement of Starlink. https://youtu.be/AHeZHyOnsm4?t=191
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#128> ENGINEERED BY SPACEX It would be very interesting to see some kind of diagram depicting all of the corporate entities Musk is involved in and how each entity does business with one another. xAI just raised billions to help Tesla build out FSD (or at least that was part of the pitch). His empire is divided into so many corporate entities, but they all cross-pollinate and are clearly under his direct control for the…
> His empire is divided into so many corporate entities, but they all cross-pollinate and are clearly under his direct control for the most part. My understanding is that, given Tesla is a public company, any collaboration between Tesla and other Musk companies needs to be approved by the board (or maybe by other C-suite executives) without Musk in the room. Musk can come up with the idea for a collaboration, but the…
The board at Tesla is basically Elon’s buddies. There is no oversight or independence there, they do what he wants.
If law was applied equality to billionaires as it does to regular people, he would be in jail for fraud.
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#130What I wonder about the Starlink constellation is, how secure it is physically? There are people burning down 5G towers. How plausible would be for a conspiracy nut to create a rocket to take out the satellites? Maybe starting a cascading effect?
They don't fly sun synchronous orbits, so a giant vertical laser cannon near equator running 24/7 can kill them all in matters of days. I think. Carrying this out likely also constitute a de facto declaration of war against the US.