It should also be pointed out that Starlink is the only one of the proposed
satellite clusters that is actually working.
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Starlink is a powerhouse and built to scale, with the planned
> obsolescence of deployed satellite scheduled replacements a long term
> upgrade path was built into the design. only thing stopping it would be
> world governments
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 9:57 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Musk does tend to be a “fabulist”. SpaceX however has a track record of
>> mostly doing what they promise, including with Starlink. I have to admit I
>> was impressed with how transparent they were with customers during beta and
>> when they had just a couple hundred sats about dropouts, about what happens
>> during peak times, an app to see if you had enough open sky, putting people
>> on the waitlist until they had capacity, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> The industry in general has a problem with confusing total capacity with
>> throughput per subscriber, but I actually don’t hear bad things from people
>> who’ve gotten Starlink.
>>
>>
>>
>> It does sound like they’re talking about a new satellite design, and he
>> didn’t say anything about timeframe. Or whether you would also need a new
>> Starlink terminal.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2024 9:40 AM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink says gigabit speeds coming
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gigabit" measured at the satellite unloaded before launched from Earth.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:05 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> https://x.com/michaelnicollsx/status/1845609488570810874
>>
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