We have some friends in a tiny town in SW Idaho. They have satellite internet and WIFI calling. Last time we were there, I tried to put my phone on their WiFi and it really screwed something up. I take to take it in to a shop when we got home to get it to work with regular calling. They're really watching starlink. It should greatly improve their service.
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We have some friends in a tiny town in SW Idaho. They have satellite internet and WIFI calling. Last time we were there, I tried to put my phone on their WiFi and it really screwed something up. I take to take it in to a shop when we got home to get it to work with regular calling. They're really watching starlink. It should greatly improve their service.
It's 1st come 1st served...tell them to get on it ! ..they will not slow the network down to get another sale...
I'm a few miles outside of a small town of about 2000. We have a small independent phone company that keeps up with things. We now have fiber optic internet. We have 25 mbps which is enough to run 2 computers and Netflilx on the tv at the same time. They have much faster service, too, if it's needed for businesses.
My farm is in a rural area outside a town of about the same size. I’ve been on the starlink waiting list for over a year. The local phone/cable provider is about to beat them with getting fiber to me. Local provider will be cheaper too
They had a two-month gap in launches while they upgraded all the follow-on satellites to have laser interconnects. That will eventually remove the need for ground relay stations like they have now. Starlink birds are short lifetime; they bring them down after about two years so the replacement ones are always of the latest technology. The next launch scheduled is another set of 51 polar satellites, all with laser links. No firm date yet.
Wait, WHAT? Gen2 starlink was supposed to be 30,000 satellites on completion. He’s going to replace 15,000 satellites PER YEAR!?!?
Just got it installed into it's permanent spot this afternoon. We have a lot of 150ft tall trees surrounding our place. Had to get it pretty high to reduce the obstructions. I'll know in the morning how obstructed it is but so far it looks good (takes 12 hours to get report).
Went from bonded DSL at 16Mbs down/ 1Mbs Up to 50-100Mbs down/15-10Mbs up.
Obstructions are still there but much reduced. Very usable.
We'll see how it does on video conferencing. Might have to keep the old DSL for a bit and get a load balancing dual WAN router that will allow for fast failover and failback.
Dutch, that 30,000 satellites may refer to the total to be flown over the life of the program. I think they need a bit over 2,000 at any one time to have near-global coverage.
They've got FCC permission for 15K (also read 12K) and International Telecommunication Union for up to 30,000. Hard to tell how many they'll actually have up at one time.
It's clear that the FCC is banking on SL. Every objection to change to the license (orbital plans) has been approved.
They've also got many of the rural broadband licenses here in the US (including our area). So I think they'll be putting up a lot more to allow low dropout frequency in forested and mountainous areas.
Does weather affect your receiving capabilities like it does to Satellite TV?
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
Idaho, the guy in the video above explains it quite well. For a visual, look at this real-time map of where Starlink satellites are. You'll note how close together they are at the northern extreme of orbital path, and how far apart they are nearer to the equator. With fewer satellite "in view" from any point on the ground, the less reliable or possible coverage will be. LINK (Zoom in and you'll see that this is a live display, every satellite shown is moving.)
StarLink isn't geosynchronous; they orbit at about 550 km. That's the whole point of Starlink. Geosync communications involve a significant latency or "lag" as the signals pass up and down, a lag too great for lots of uses.
Can someone explain why there has been a problem with Starlink coverage in Southern USA while Northern states have coverage.
Geosynchronous orbits are over the equator. 22,236 miles over the equator. Every other orbit crosses the equator.
Rocky???????????
They're not in geosync. The first shell is in a 53d(?) inclination. This makes them only go to about 60d N/S. This also makes them more dense as they approach thier N/S extremes and the least dense over the equator.
Take a look at this link. It will show it better than I can describe it.
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