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Re: Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk

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Post by boffinAudio » Thu, Nov 09, 2023, 8:45 AM UTC

mptest wrote: post #100

boffinAudio wrote: post #95

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>But following that guy probably says somethin about your character. Yeah, it means you want to keep an eye on someone who you may not think is necessarily a positive influence in the world. So? > I am just not as blind as you. I wouldn't be so sure about that. Hate blinds harder than honesty.

You are laughably, childishly naive if you think he's following that guy ironically just to "watch out" for his problematic beliefs. It's so comical I have to laugh. "Guys, i follow all these nazis and terrorists to KEEP AN EYE OUT, not because i sympathize with their beliefs!! That would be silly!" Do you hear yourself?? How many stochastic terrorists, white supremacists and pedos do you follow??? lol. "Guys, i foll…

On the other hand, you are stuck on a hate-train which blinds you to the simplicity of the details right in front of you. Literally nothing that you claim is supported in any way, whatsoever, by actual evidence. All you have is conjecture and blather, boosted by an arrogant belief in your own coffeeshop psychology skills - which are very, very faulty.

You've merely brought your hate-train to a station you don't intend to leave.

Re: Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk

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Post by xondono » Sun, Nov 12, 2023, 6:47 PM UTC

inemesitaffia wrote: post #81

gamblor956 wrote: post #55

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something that was out of reach of common affordability before Starlink. True, but Starlink isn't what made phased array antennas affordable. The affordability of phased array antennas is what made Starlink financially feasible. When the Iridium constellations were launched in the 1990s, the commercial phased array antennas in use today had not yet been invented. When the second-generation satellites were designed in…

There's no phased array antennas anywhere near even today. SpaceX was willing to sink over 3 billion into phased array r&d to make it happen. Also tech from Broadcom and ST Micro

> There's no phased array antennas anywhere near even today.

Wait what? Where's your source for that? Because phased array antennas were used on lots of 4G networks and are one of the cornerstones of 5G.

There where some PAA in deployment when I was in college almost two decades ago.

Re: Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk

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Post by dev_tty01 » Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 6:13 PM UTC

swagempire wrote: post #77

dev_tty01 wrote: post #56

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>it a achieves nothing we don't already have terrestrially Sorry, but this is a very first world, urban perspective. Please have a little empathy. I live in the US and have only one choice for internet from home and it is lousy. Starlink has been a dramatic change for us. This is the situation for many, many people in the US and around the world. Starlink is absolutely offering something that is NOT available terrest…

No it's not at all a first world perspective. I live in the so called developing nations. Aside from some people who might live in rural areas in large countries that are hard to cover georgraphically -- and these people probably could not afford Star Link anyways -- 4G and soon to be 5G is ubiquitous. There is no need for StarLink generally.

I have no cell phone coverage at home, let alone 4G or 5G. I am 10 miles from the center of a town with a population of about 80,000. Most people just don't get how bad internet access is in many areas.

> Aside from some people who might live in rural areas in large countries that are hard to cover georgraphically

> There is no need for StarLink generally.

You point out that there is a market for StarLink and then you say it isn't needed. I'm confused. At any rate, no point in arguing about it. If there is no need they will lose a lot of money. If there is a need, they will make a lot of money. Time will tell.