this was never about consumers, this was about nations and DCs. Starlink is already heavily present in global militaries Its a lot easier to get support for cluttering space when you tell people its about making sure click clicks water purifier is online and quami has access to learning.com
but being able to play tank commander in real time or dropping an undetected data connection into an airgap... thats where the real money is dont forget Guowang, Qianfan, Eutelsat OneWeb are uot there, probably filled with bombs, those are definitely not about connecting the underserved On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder what Amazon’s business plan is. Has to be more than “connect > unserved areas of the globe” or “Jeff needs cool satellites like Elon”. > Maybe some kind of synergy with AWS? > > > > Of course you never know with billionaire tech bros, could just be the ego > thing. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Trey Scarborough > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2025 10:07 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: David vs Goliath: LEO internet service > > > > Yeah its just a matter of time until there is a major outage due to > collision. Hopefully before hand they figure out a way to clean up all the > pieces. maybe some little space flying Wall-Es to clean it all up. > > On 4/29/25 5:50 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > In this case, starlink is david (net value 72-137bn depending on whether > you guy by starlink value or spacex value) vs amazons nearly 2 trillion > dollar value. > > using satellite count as reference, david has 10 family members referenced > in the Good Book vs goliaths 4. > > So when goliath reaches a 4:10 satellite ratio, David will slay him with a > stone (space debris) > > > > Id like to think a spacex controlled deorbit (davids stone) will go awry > and the thrusters will send it out bound, striking goliaths forehead and > starting a chain reaction of goliath satellite crashes > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know, but they will never catch up. They only plan on putting up 3,000 > (at least so far). Starlink has applied for something like 30,000. > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 4/29/2025 11:24 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Starlink started with 27, too. Give them more then 12 hours to catch up? > > > > The launch was cool as usual, but it sure looked a LOT faster than every > other launch I've seen. Lots of comments on how fast it was from the > public/casters as well. > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > Amazon launched its first batch of 27 LEO satellites yesterday > <https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/amazon-launches-27-satellites-to-begin-building-huge-project-kuiper-internet-constellation>. > > > That gives Kuiper 27, Starlink > 7,200. > > > > -- > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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