As much as we all hope there are operational issues that will make it less than perfect, it is made by some very smart people. People smart enough to land a buck rogers rocket on its tail feathers. I would not underestimate them. I am still hopeful that there are issues...
From: Bill Prince Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:15 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already If the top is relatively slick, and it's almost always tilted, maybe they just need to make a thin layer of water to get it to slide off? bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 3/4/2021 5:31 AM, Steven Kenney wrote: 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. STEVEN KENNEY DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | Leamington ON E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 W: www.wavedirect.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Matt Hoppes" mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net To: "af" mailto:af@af.afmug.com, "Steve Jones" mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com 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 <losguyswirel...@gmail.com > mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ha... > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 3:42 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com > mailto:af@af.afmug.com> 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 > mailto:af@af.afmug.com 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 mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com > 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? > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com mailto:AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com mailto:AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com mailto:AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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