That is gonna take some power. Heavy snow or ice storms. I tried to build
heated radomes for a while. Takes like 100 watts to do it right or more.
From: Steven Kenney
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:31 AM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
Found this interesting tidbit I didnt know about
Snow Melt Mode
Deployed basic Snow Melt Mode, during which Starlink produces additional heat
to mitigate signal attenuation caused by snow build-up on the face of the user
terminal.
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From: "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]>
To: "af" <[email protected]>, "Steve Jones" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:03:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
He's trying to land a Methane filled blimp while ignited! We already
provided this was a bad idea with the Hindenburg.
On 3/3/21 6:50 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> what part of beta dont people understand? is it because general
> consumers are getting beta and dont actually know what beta is? this is
> the same reason we make people cut trees down now BEFORE we install. we
> used to just install and tell them to cut it. but too many
> people complained about exactly what we told them would happen happening.
>
> I have faith in starlink, I think in 5 years it will be a whole other
> landscape. Musk seems like one of those guys who thrives on detractors
> and proving people wrong.
>
> But regardless, beta is beta
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:15 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Ha...
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 3:42 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Tin cans and string will be better than Hughes.
> *From:* Jaime Solorza
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:20 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> From your mouth to God's ears Chuck on Covid-19...
> unfortunately it's going to take a step backwards in Texas..
> I heard some ranchers near Big Bend want to switch from Hughes
> to Starlink ...my friend does IT work for several of them...
> curious to see how well it works.
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 1:39 PM Chuck McCown via AF
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think that they are going to find more than enough
> customers in hard to serve locations that they will not
> encroach on the better served areas too much. I am always
> an optimist. BTW, Covid will be done in a month...
> *From:* Colin Stanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:50 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> Starlink *BETA* . Maybe they're simulating load of a few
> hundred, or a thousand, customers on each bird to prepare
> for when it's actually busy. (based on the "20Gbps" capacity
> per sat)
> Considering the amount of effort and design that goes into
> such a massive and complex system, people should be thankful
> that it's working with a good-enough uptime right now.
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:47 AM Dev <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Already hearing from folks who have the service that
> they’re seeing dips below 15Mbps, and this at light
> loads with few customers, we’ll see how this scales. Or
> doesn’t. Are others in different geographies seeing similar?
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