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SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth

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Re: SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth

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Post by downrightmike »

artisinal wrote: post #271
linzhangrun wrote: post #264

Commercially speaking, does Starlink really need 100x bandwidth? Starlink's target market is limited. It is very good for ships, remote area, but not necessary in cities where most people live. I am not sure whether the launch and maintenance cost of another 100k satellites is necessary for such a limited market, unless the cost of launch (Starship) and the satellites themselves drops greatly.

Europe alone has millions of potential customers: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Com...

But they get internet on their phones for like 15 euros a month because they have competition.

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Post by croes »

dtagames wrote: post #302

I just finished a long RV trip and I can tell you it's hard to underestimate the importance of internet access (which also means Wi-Fi calling and access to maps and weather) across our entire, enormous nation. It's important not only for individuals but even more for businesses. Despite cell phone company ads with handsome celebrities in the desert, cell phones actually do not work in many places. But people do need…

Do you know what also is important?

To know when a asteroid is on its way to us.

All that satellites make discovering them more difficult.

Re: SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth

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Post by Alpha3031 »

prescriptivist wrote: post #326
vanshg wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would it work indoors?

A more accurate description would be that starlink will become the trunk, and possibly the service. Local cell services will own the poles but will essentially provide access for starlink customers. It's not a bad business idea, actually. People pay $30-40 a line for starlink cell service, starlink provides the big pipes so to speak and splits the bill with the local companies that put up the last mile towers. In rur…

It was never necessary to run fibre to any specific individual tower. Microwave backhaul works fine of you have good coveragef the area. Less well if you don't. If cell providers wanted to put up enough towers that's a self solving problem.

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Post by croes »

nazcan wrote: post #318
mplewis wrote: post #315

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we should lay fiber about it, not do this wasteful atmosphere polluting bullshit

Just a choice of polluting the ground or the air.

How often do you need to replace the cable in the ground compared to the satellites in the air?

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Post by testing22321 »

ozgrakkurt wrote: post #384

It is incredibly stupid that this is happening instead of doing regular cable which works better and is cheaper

If you think cable can be run to the places where starlink is changing to world, you need to get out more.

I’ve seen it in the Canadian Arctic, remote Australia, right around Africa.

Before starlink these places had dialup, or nothing.

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Post by moomoo11 »

digitaltrees wrote: post #379

I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

buddy our ancestors didn’t even have light at night nor heat/ac.

life for our kin will only be better.

we will have space stations where you can visit and see all the stars you want.

there will be space tourism and that will be pretty cool.

that’s what i wanted as a kid and its cool to see it play out irl.

edit: dang didn't expect so many negative people

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Post by dietr1ch »

dietr1ch wrote: post #380
digitaltrees wrote: post #379

I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

You'll be sad to know there's another mf trying to put a mirror to reflect sunlight near twilight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflect_Orbital

To anyone thinking that 18m² isn't that big for how large the space is, please recall how bright reflective things shine during the day when you hit the right angle.

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Post by servo_sausage »

sen wrote: post #164
servo_sausage wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its also a pricing thing; in Australia our nationalised provider keeps getting more expensive, starlink is now getting cost-competitive.

Stop using Telstra then. There’s an abundance of NBN resellers who sell better packages for cheaper than Telstra. At this point Telstra is just for old people who don’t want to change the services they’ve always been with.

If you compare 100/40 plans to starlink, starlink is about 10aud more over the best reseller promotion I can see, but has the occasional promotion; and getting cheaper.

If you are churning plans anyway, and that's the speed you want, you should have starlink in the mix.

I fully expect the NBN wholesale to keep getting more expensive, while I expect satellite providers to get cheaper.

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Post by whh »

dietr1ch wrote: post #397
dietr1ch wrote: post #380

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll be sad to know there's another mf trying to put a mirror to reflect sunlight near twilight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflect_Orbital

To anyone thinking that 18m² isn't that big for how large the space is, please recall how bright reflective things shine during the day when you hit the right angle.

Every colleagues watch face.
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