Starlink satellites

[Stuckinthe80s]

... for the Hughes business plan ...

Fun fact, Hughes made the first geosynchornous satellite.

https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3595​

I've been saying that Elon is our Howard for a while now and the stuff he's driving will impact humanity for a very long time....hopefully for the good.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Fun fact, Hughes made the first geosynchornous satellite.

https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3595​

I've been saying that Elon is our Howard for a while now and the stuff he's driving will impact humanity for a very long time....hopefully for the good.

Hmmm, Hughes == Musk, that's a very interesting comparison.

 

[Stuckinthe80s]

Hmmm, Hughes == Musk, that's a very interesting comparison.

I don't know who was/is stranger than the other.

 

[AimCOTaco]

Between Nic or Dave... yeah that's a tough one.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Between Nic or Dave... yeah that's a tough one.

If you can't tell who's the mark at the table then it's probably you. :-/

 

[gungriffin]

Fun fact, Hughes made the first geosynchornous satellite.

https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3595​

I've been saying that Elon is our Howard for a while now and the stuff he's driving will impact humanity for a very long time....hopefully for the good.

That is a pretty cool fact. I didn't realize that geosynchronous satellites dated to 1965

 

[nuclearlemon]

I don't understand how it is northern Wyoming has got it and now Bailey has it and Southern Wyoming does not but I've checked my account and they're saying there's still no service in my area

 

[PhillyB77]

I don't understand how it is northern Wyoming has got it and now Bailey has it and Southern Wyoming does not but I've checked my account and they're saying there's still no service in my area

So when my buddy ordered his in Bailey, it said no service available. He ordered anyways and it came, I've heard a couple others up here doing the same.

 

[nuclearlemon]

I just got notification that my order from Feb 21, 2021 is finally shipping

 

[pmccumber]

I think the only market Starlink will serve is the remote market. And there just aren't enough customers to make it pay. Even in little Creede I have fiber to the house. I have it in Longmont too. So I get gigabit in both locations with 1/10 the latency (consistently <4ms ping times vs <45ms with Starlink).

Iridium went with this notion too and lower cost, easier deployable technology found a way to upset the plan. I can almost promise that the majority of people won't even have fiber, cable, or DSL in 5 years. We are going to be getting such incredible service through cell radios that people will cut that cord too. 5G speeds and latencies are going to make even my fiber look like a 56k modem.

And it is just so easy to drop another tower wherever you need one that the only markets Starlink will attract will be oil/gas, shipping, and remote.

 

[RayRay27]

Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds​

Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds

The devices—developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX—have a warming feature to prevent snow buildup from disrupting the signal

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

My buddy in Westcliffe has Starlink and loves it. He can't get fiber or anything really at his house.

 

[gungriffin]

I think the only market Starlink will serve is the remote market. And there just aren't enough customers to make it pay. Even in little Creede I have fiber to the house. I have it in Longmont too. So I get gigabit in both locations with 1/10 the latency (consistently <4ms ping times vs <45ms with Starlink).

Iridium went with this notion too and lower cost, easier deployable technology found a way to upset the plan. I can almost promise that the majority of people won't even have fiber, cable, or DSL in 5 years. We are going to be getting such incredible service through cell radios that people will cut that cord too. 5G speeds and latencies are going to make even my fiber look like a 56k modem.

And it is just so easy to drop another tower wherever you need one that the only markets Starlink will attract will be oil/gas, shipping, and remote.

5G barely works in the US cities at this point. The rest of the world is where I see the real benefits.

The goal for the Starlink system is 20ms ping which is good for most everything a home user would need besides gaming. Even for gaming 20ms isn't that bad. I rarely get behind what Elon is involved with, but I believe that the Starlink system (and it's eventual competitors) will 100% change the world. Once adoption in the developed world gets the price down, this tech will cause major disruptions as 3rd world countries are brought online. I see LEO satellite internet as likely coming online with a pseudonymous internet. That alone will cause major changes to how we interact with people in the world.

I highly recommend the podcast below for a primer on the pseudonymous economy. Balaji Srinivasen is one of the people that I most closely follow right now. If a person is accepting of the need to change, this podcast is amazing. If someone wants to keep up the legacy system that favors the US, this podcast is terrifying. I thought that it was one of the more amazing podcasts I have ever listened to.

Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More (#506) - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

Interview with Balaji Srinivasan on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast

tim.blog

 

[Crash]

Fun fact, Hughes made the first geosynchornous satellite.

https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3595​

I've been saying that Elon is our Howard for a while now and the stuff he's driving will impact humanity for a very long time....hopefully for the good.

In 1945 science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke predicted that there would be a geosynchronous communications satellite system. Truly an “ideas guy” that co-wrote the screenplay for for 2001 A Space Odyssey among many great novels. I’m a fan.

 

[Crash]

Another fact: the Clarke Belt is the orbit geosynchronous satellites inhabit, 22,245 miles up from Earth. Named after Arthur C.

 

[PhillyB77]

talked to my neighbor, his Starlink stuff is all set up and he is reporting it's 10x faster than the Hughes Sat business plan. All for $100 a month, not the $285 ish he was (and I am) paying. Can't wait to get mine and cancel Hughes...also cancelled Direct TV. Times are changing

 

[KC Masterpiece]

I'm curious what are the actual up / down speeds people are seeing with this?

 

[PhillyB77]

I just asked, hopefully he will let me know.

Also, cancelling Direct TV...everyone said it was a nightmare. Less than 10 on the phone, the guy was super helpful. There is hope for the world yet.

 

[DouglasVB]

I can't wait for StarLink to have global roaming coverage so I could take a dish with me on a sailboat or in my truck and work truly remotely.

 

[gungriffin]

I can't wait for StarLink to have global roaming coverage so I could take a dish with me on a sailboat or in my truck and work truly remotely.

The company claims to be working on a dish for RVs. I think it would be pretty awesome to have VOIP voice and data anywhere.