Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

Post by choeger » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 7:02 AM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #471

choeger wrote: post #284

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Ok you got me with "overlooking the ocean". I will admit, I was a little bit envious. But then I recalled the great Terry Pratchett quote that you are living on a continent where pretty much every animal, except for maybe some sheep, is equipped with some venom and actively trying to kill you. Plus some of the plants. So I guess it's fair play.

Heh Heh Heh. Well, Isaac Butterfields response applies: https://youtu.be/t1uZZ_xRYvQ?t=153 Snakes and spiders are pretty much it. Snakes are very rare to see unless you travel to the bush. Spiders though, are common outside. Once you've learned not to turn over rocks in your garden (with your bare hands anyway), you're fine. :)

Post by busterarm » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 7:32 AM UTC

shaklee3 wrote: post #467

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SpaceX isn't doing the install work work on these Starlink kits. They just sell you some hardware. If you're a terrestrial-based internet provider, you need a fleet of installers and they also have to do constant maintenance work. They have salaries and they make (lots of) overtime pay. At a lot of the smaller companies (like the one I worked at) they have pensions. We had a lot of guys who started with the company o…

This is absolutely not true. They are still selling you a dish in a terminal that most of the population could not install themselves on their house. The majority of the installs will be professionaly done.

Post by nix23 » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 7:38 AM UTC

znpy wrote: post #269

nix23 wrote: post #165

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Man that's bad, here in Switzerland my Line was upgraded to 10Gbs from 1 and i was mad that the router just had four 1Gbs and one 2.5Gbs cable ports...so i had to buy the business model router with fiber LAN (witch i like much more..thinner cables).

Nice, what canton are you in?

Post by skissane » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 7:46 AM UTC

apatheticonion wrote: post #526

dougmwne wrote: post #18

This is already quite an achievement! In just 10 launches, SpaceX is operating the world's largest satellite constellation and can already provide broadband of reasonable quality to some customers. In rural areas, I have struggled to catch weak LTE signals with fixed antennas that often didn't hit these speed and latency numbers. This absolutely seems on track to be an excellent alternative to rural LTE or existing s…

Australian (Sydney, 30 minutes train from CBD) here, I pay $60/m for 45mbps but my line potential is 35mbps. My average speed is around 20mbps (just ran a speedtest and it was 22mbps). Some places have 100mbps, but most don't live in those areas. I am lucky to get the speeds that I do, honestly. I'm watching both 5g and starlink with great interest as they will be up and running before the next infrastructure initiat…

Post by Godel_unicode » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 7:50 AM UTC

waheoo wrote: post #422

kalium-xyz wrote: post #403

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I can think of two reasons which are purely non-techincal: - The bigger the game, the less space for other games. - Much like adding metal to the inside consumer headphone purely to weight it down and give a premium feeling (they do this with other products as well). A larger program may be perceived as more significant.

That backfired, I chose my last premium headset over the other because it was lighter. Who wants a rock attached to their ears? In their carry on?