Posted on 02/25/2021 7:31:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Holy crap, I saw this movie. Do his phones make people want to kill each other?
I love those graphics.
I’ve read claims that Starlink could end earth bound radio astronomy.
I saw a string of 63 satellites in the predawn sky two weeks ago. Spectacular.
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Every nerd who was stuffed in their locker is having their get even with the cool kids day!
I want an impenetrable wall of space junk to protect me from meteors. We’ll deflect those nasty comets and meteors right back into space and enjoy high speed internet as a bonus.
Hire Sarah Connor as a consultant.
Don't be silly. They wanted to do that BEFORE the phones. But with the phones they'll want to kill, dismember and eat them.
I saw them a few months ago. At first I didn’t know what they were. :-0 They really are spectacular.
Wow , it would be nice if it became competition for the evil “Ministry of Truth” (GOOGLE) who currently owns the internet, all information and all of history
I think this is the problem that earth-bound providers and media fear the most.
Starlink is tethered to earth internet but is experimenting with laser interconnectivity between satellites. This would mean a net ABOVE earth that could be used between starlink subscribers and could provide services NOT available to earth internet users.
In other words, premium content that could be based in SpaceX servers and beamed only to Starlink for Starlink users. Elon is slowly but surely leaning free market and is anti-censorship. You might find in two years him extending encryption keys to Chinese behind the great firewall or allowing banned apps like Parler or Gab hosting on his service.
It might lead to an exodus from land-based providers to Starlink, which would push anti-censorship through technology again just as media and governments attempt to clamp down on land-based internet.
yep, I saw them too and it freaked me out for a bit
I’ll sign up as soon as it’s available. I live off grid and full time RV when I can get internet when I don’t need to be in my shop.
The only other option there is cell service at 6 Mb and 20Gb monthly limit or HughesNet which sucks hard.
What is the monthly rate and the deposit?
Add government censors and the media to your list.
They can’t block your access to the satellites and the satellite constellation will not be limited to accessing the internet via US-based companies.
We will need Internet at our farm when we build there in a couple of years. I signed up for updates on Starlink and just received a notice that it was available in middle Tennessee. Equipment cost is $500, subscription cost is $99/mo. Speed is expected to be 50-150 mb with a 20-50 msec latency.
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