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2019-05-25 Thread Bill Prince
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Well. More details. The planned launch on Wednesday will contain 60 Starlink version 0.9 satellites. That's the upper end of what was hinted at earlier. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-tease-revolutionary-design/ bp On 5/9/2019 2:28 PM

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2019-05-12 Thread Ken Hohhof
12, 2019 11:35 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Well. More details. The planned launch on Wednesday will contain 60 Starlink version 0.9 satellites. That's the upper end of what was hinted at earlier. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-tease-revolutionary

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2019-05-12 Thread Bill Prince
, 2019 2:56 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat I got into a discussion on Quora about this the other day. Their FCC filing says they'll use 2000mhz of bandwidth for the Satellite to User Terminal downlink.  However many satellites they have, they'll be limited to 2000mhz

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2019-05-09 Thread Robert Andrews
:* Thursday, May 9, 2019 2:56 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat I got into a discussion on Quora about this the other day. Their FCC filing says they'll use 2000mhz of bandwidth for the Satellite to User Terminal downlink. However many satellites they have, they'll be limited

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2019-05-09 Thread chuck
These are the guys the landed a rocket ship on its tail feathers on a tiny barge in open ocean... They can obviously do difficult things. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 2:56 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat I got into a discussion on Quora about

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2019-05-09 Thread Bill Prince
To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat   LOL... Yep.. On 4/18/19 9:05 AM, Bill Pr

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2019-05-09 Thread Adam Moffett
:* dave *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:15 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LOL... Yep.. On 4/18/19 9:05 AM, Bill Prince wrote: Well, well, well. Reality may be rearing its ugly head... https://seekingalpha.com/article/4254917-spacex-backtracking-satellite-internet-puts

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2019-05-08 Thread Bill Prince
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat   LOL... Yep.. On 4/18/19 9:05 AM, Bill Prince wrote: Well, well, well. Reality may be rearing its

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2019-04-26 Thread Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 10:45 PM To: AFMUG Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat That doesn't surprise me... putting a microcell every 1500' is the only way they're going

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2019-04-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
. From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 7:33 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat This was already happening with 4G. - Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.

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2019-04-26 Thread Mike Hammett
This was already happening with 4G. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Moffett" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:59:16 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] R

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2019-04-25 Thread Mathew Howard
get his email, and another who couldn’t understand >> that her domain registrar was asking her to create security challenge >> questions, not to answer them. My customers are not necessarily the >> sharpest knives in the drawer. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *O

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2019-04-25 Thread Adam Moffett
; *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 4:00 PM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LTE wasn't a twinkle in anyone's eye when Clearwire was deploying WiMax. - Mike Hammet

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2019-04-24 Thread Mathew Howard
e > lobbying for something. > > > > Well, then there’s AT and their plan to use powerlines to guide their > microwaves. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:43 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Gro

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2019-04-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
AT and their plan to use powerlines to guide their microwaves. From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:43 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Well, imagine that... who would've ever guessed that they aren't going to put up

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2019-04-24 Thread Mathew Howard
istrar was asking her to create security challenge > questions, not to answer them. My customers are not necessarily the > sharpest knives in the drawer. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 4:00 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Mi

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2019-04-24 Thread Tim Reichhart
maybe an threat for urban not so much for rural america sadly. So there isnt much we should have to worry about if your rural america.   -Original Message- From: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com Date: 04/24/19 09:58 Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat This almost needs

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2019-04-24 Thread Bill Prince
ay, April 19, 2019 4:00 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat   LTE wasn't a twinkle in anyone's

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2019-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
mmWave using their airGig technique, but I’ll believe that when I see it. From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 4:52 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Listened to a discussion on PBS today. I did not hear the whole thing, but it was clear from

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
Two points there. #1, It IS Dave Barry after all, and #2, It was written 18 years ago. bp On 4/19/2019 1:51 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: That’s why we’re the greatest nation on earth.  

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 4:00 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat   LTE wasn't a twinkle in anyone's eye when Clearwire

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2019-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown
t’s why we’re the greatest nation on earth. >>> >>> https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-06-24-0106240474-story.html >>> >>> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince >>> *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 11:24 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Mi

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2019-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown
2019 4:00 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > LTE wasn't a twinkle in anyone's eye when Clearwire was deploying WiMax. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchan

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2019-04-19 Thread Robert Andrews
:* Friday, April 19, 2019 11:24 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat We just replaced the toilet in the master bathroom. It only uses 1.28 gallons per flush. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 9:14 AM Ken Hohhof <mailto

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2019-04-19 Thread Robert Andrews
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat We just replaced the toilet in the master bathroom. It only uses 1.28 gallons per flush. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 9:14 AM Ken Hohhof <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: Maybe they’re in awe of our 1.6 gallon per flus

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2019-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LTE wasn't a twinkle in anyone's eye when Clearwire was deploying WiMax. - Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://

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2019-04-19 Thread Mike Hammett
quot; Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 8:09:47 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat By not choosing LTE, they lost the change of interop, volume manufacturing etc.. Gino Villarini Founder/President @gvillarini t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 m: aeronet-logoinc500 fb-logo insta-logo

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2019-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
That’s why we’re the greatest nation on earth. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-06-24-0106240474-story.html From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 11:24 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat We just

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
ion if you are on a septic tank. That is a > non-consumptive use of water. It eventually, theoretically, returns to the > aquifer that it came from. > > *From:* Bill Prince > *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 10:24 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFM

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2019-04-19 Thread chuck
Of Mathew Howard Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 10:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat That would explain why they're in awe of our waste management abilities... On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 10:39 AM wrote: So, do Australians use outhouses

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
m:* AF *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 10:51 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > > > That would explain why they're in awe of our waste management abilities... > > > > On Fri, Apr 19,

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2019-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Maybe they’re in awe of our 1.6 gallon per flush toilets, per government mandate. From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 10:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat That would explain why they're in awe of our waste management

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
n McKemie > *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 8:47 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > I hadn't heard that one before. Sounds like it is due to a rhyming > between yanks / septic tanks and at least some number of Australians > think

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2019-04-19 Thread Mathew Howard
roup > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > I hadn't heard that one before. Sounds like it is due to a rhyming > between yanks / septic tanks and at least some number of Australians > thinking Americans are full of shit. > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 8:45 AM Steve Jones > wr

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2019-04-19 Thread chuck
So, do Australians use outhouses in lieu of septic tanks? From: Jason McKemie Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 8:47 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat I hadn't heard that one before. Sounds like it is due to a rhyming between yanks / septic tanks

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2019-04-19 Thread Jason McKemie
>> >> -Original Message- >> From: AF On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen >> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:33 AM >> To: af@af.afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat >> >> On 4/18/19 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >> > Google Fiber's trajec

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2019-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat I don't know that it was that simple. IIRC (someone here might remember the timing better than I), when they started, LTE was still a proposal, and WiMax actually had working gear. They eventually realized, the rest of the industry had zagged after they had zigged

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2019-04-19 Thread Steve Jones
es difficult to understand. > > -Original Message- > From: AF On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:33 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat > > On 4/18/19 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > Google Fiber's trajectory runs paral

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2019-04-19 Thread Bill Prince
I don't know that it was that simple. IIRC (someone here might remember the timing better than I), when they started, LTE was still a proposal, and WiMax actually had working gear. They eventually realized, the rest of the industry had zagged after they had zigged, and they rebooted with LTE.

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2019-04-19 Thread Gino A. Villarini
www.aeronetpr.com<http://www.aeronetpr.com> | Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 From: AF on behalf of Mike Hammett Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 12:09 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Re

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2019-04-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Thursday, April 18, 2019 11:41 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LEO competition to rural ISPs is real as long as they can get and manage the frequency and thus far that seems pretty real at least for the first batch of providers. I suspect at first

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2019-04-18 Thread Carl Peterson
LEO competition to rural ISPs is real as long as they can get and manage the frequency and thus far that seems pretty real at least for the first batch of providers. I suspect at first that it should be a boon for wisps looking to get backhaul. I know I would love to be able to drop a gig "pipe"

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2019-04-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 4/18/19 09:16, Mike Hammett wrote: I think most of it boils down to being under capitalized. They simply didn't have the money to build the network they said they would. I fault the cable companies and Intel for not putting up more funding. Were they ever supposed to succeed, or was it

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2019-04-18 Thread chuck
of telephone companies. They believed me. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:13 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Most vendors severely over-promise their gear. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet

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2019-04-18 Thread chuck
: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 11:05:44 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat That and that they hung their hat on WiMax (in the beginning). bp On 4/18/2019 8:19 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > It's hard to have a modest plan with LEOs. You need

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2019-04-18 Thread Robert Andrews
The number of ways that clearwire failed was off the charts. Personally I think it was a great success, at lining the pockets of the original investors and screwing everyone after... On 04/18/2019 09:05 AM, Bill Prince wrote: That and that they hung their hat on WiMax (in the beginning). bp

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2019-04-18 Thread Mike Hammett
: Thursday, April 18, 2019 11:05:44 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat That and that they hung their hat on WiMax (in the beginning). bp On 4/18/2019 8:19 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > It's hard to have a modest plan with LEOs. You need lots of birds to > have coverage. Clearwire's fa

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2019-04-18 Thread Bill Prince
That and that they hung their hat on WiMax (in the beginning). bp On 4/18/2019 8:19 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: It's hard to have a modest plan with LEOs. You need lots of birds to have coverage. Clearwire's failing was a lack of funding for significant coverage. -- AF mailing list

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2019-04-18 Thread Robert Andrews
*From: *"Adam Moffett" *To: *af@af.afmug.com *Sent: *Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:17:14 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably all met in this industry. With a surface level of knowledge everything looks easy. T

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2019-04-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:33 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat On 4/18/19 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably > all met in this industry. With a surface level of kno

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2019-04-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 4/18/19 8:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably all met in this industry.  With a surface level of knowledge everything looks easy.  Then they get into it and find out the easy parts they knew about were like 10% of the story.

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2019-04-18 Thread Mike Hammett
: "Adam Moffett" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:17:14 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably all met in this industry. With a surface level of knowledge everything looks easy. Then

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2019-04-18 Thread Adam Moffett
? *From:*AF *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:43 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Visible antennas Cost per mbps Latency I will keep my head in the sand. *From:*dave *Sent:*Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:15 AM *To:*af@af.afmug.com

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2019-04-18 Thread dave
NA. NAna nana fingers in my ears LOL On 4/18/19 9:56 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: PayPal *From:* Ken Hohhof *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:53 AM *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Reminds me of Intel deciding not to sell 5G chips for smartphones

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2019-04-18 Thread chuck
PayPal From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:53 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Reminds me of Intel deciding not to sell 5G chips for smartphones and their stock goes up, apparently investors feel they dodged a bullet. Or Google Fiber

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2019-04-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
? From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:43 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat Visible antennas Cost per mbps Latency I will keep my head in the sand. From: dave Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:15 AM To: af@af.afmug.com

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2019-04-18 Thread chuck
Visible antennas Cost per mbps Latency I will keep my head in the sand. From: dave Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:15 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat LOL... Yep.. On 4/18/19 9:05 AM, Bill Prince wrote: Well, well, well. Reality may be rearing its ugly head

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2019-04-18 Thread dave
I need thousands of satellites whizzing overhead 50 miles up?  Seems like polar opposites, but apparently we gotta have 'em. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:03 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat And one more

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2019-04-18 Thread Bill Prince
up? Seems like polar opposites, but apparently we gotta have 'em. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:03 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Real threat And one more Indian anti-sat test to turn it all into chaff... On 04/04

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2019-04-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
they are not the only >> company doing this. OneWeb for example. SpaceX has the advantage of >> having their own launch service and being able to piggyback on other >> payloads. >> >> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 20,

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2019-04-04 Thread Bill Prince
Subject: [AFMUG] Real threat   Or is the sky falling? https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/7zqm2c/starlink_faq

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2019-03-22 Thread Bill Prince
Whoops. Wrong link: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-lawyers-oneweb-critique/ bp On 3/20/2019 10:08 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Or is the sky falling?

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2019-03-22 Thread Bill Prince
More grist for the mill: https://www.teslarati.com/porsche-taycan-production-zuffenhausen-tour-insights/ If the story can be believed, there may be between 10 and 30 Starlink satellites in orbit in a few months. bp On 3/20/2019 10:08 AM, Chuck McCown

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2019-03-20 Thread Bill Prince
The timeline is way out there; first 800 satellites (basic functionality) is not until 2022, and that is in Elon-time. If past estimates are any guide, figure basic functionality in 2025. It sounds a little scary though. 83 orbital planes in a bit over 200 km

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2019-03-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
they are not the only company doing this. OneWeb for example. SpaceX has the advantage of having their own launch service and being able to piggyback on other payloads. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:09 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Real

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2019-03-20 Thread Chuck McCown
Or is the sky falling? https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/7zqm2c/starlink_faq/-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com