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Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation
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| April 4, 2019 at 6:00 am
| by Alan Boyle
Posted on 04/04/2019 8:48:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I live just above 61°N. Won’t work for me.
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:52:20 AM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Red Badger
You’ll be able to make an ordinary call from your cell-phone while on your yacht. Or in the North Pole.
“I’m in a bad cell right now...” —that will be gone.
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:52:54 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: AlaskaErik
You won’t miss much, especially the COST!
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:53:33 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Red Badger
And it’ll come with progressive censorship - free of charge.
(And free of morals and logic.)
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:54:05 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker; SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:54:27 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Much as I’d love to have network capabilities out in the sticks, especially competition...
2,000+ satellites in low Earth orbit? One company alone? And others competing for the same orbit space?
I spent a third of my US Air Force career working for units that tracked satellites and space junk. We don’t need so much stuff up there we cannot launch without a collision, either.
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:55:10 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
To: AlaskaErik
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:56:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Putting all of those satellites into LEO is one thing, but I’d like to see their plan for frequency use and ground stations to relay internet data to and from the orbiting constellation.
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:57:08 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
To: Alas Babylon!
This image is from 6 years ago.
Iit's gotten worse since then...
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:59:01 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Looks like we could send up a robot junk collector to either grab the junk or send it down to burn up in the atmosphere.
The Russians, Chinese and now India, plus whoever else has launched stuff up there should pitch in a couple of billion for R&D and production of the craft............................
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posted on
04/04/2019 8:59:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Internet access is already available via satellites in geosynchronous orbit, such as the constellations operated by Viasat and Hughes Network Systems, but satellites in low Earth orbit are expected to offer advantages in terms of low latency and low cost. I have used Viasat and their predecessor companies for over 15 years because these satellites are the only game in town where I live. Latency is a big problem along with variable bandwidth depending on the number of subscribers and where you are in the beam. This technology and 5G will supplant them almost overnight as soon as someone rolls out a real product. Standing by.
To: Red Badger
“could conceivably reap billions of dollars in revenue”
If it’s “free” then by definition there’s no revenue to be had.
L
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:01:51 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: centurion316
....as soon as someone rolls out a real product. Standing by. waiting.........................................still waiting.................................Your call is important to us................................
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:02:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: AlaskaErik
I live just above 61°N. Won’t work for me.
54' 40" or Fight! ;)
To: Red Badger
It will all depend on cost.
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:03:05 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Lurker
They could charge commercial outfits to subsidize the individual users.......................
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:06:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Lurker
If it’s “free” then by definition there’s no revenue to be had
It is like FACEBOOK is “free”, it only cost you your privacy.
They will collect and sell data.
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:06:20 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
To: centurion316
“This technology and 5G will supplant them almost overnight as soon as someone rolls out a real product.“
The company I work for is laying fiber to support 5G. In Chicago the cost to lay 1 FOOT of fiber is just a hair under $1,000. 5G offers loads of bandwidth but the range of the signal is limited. That means lots and lots of antennas and fiber to carry all that bandwidth back to DCs.
5G is going to be great in densely populated urban areas where the costs can be allocated widely.
Out in the sticks, not so much.
L
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posted on
04/04/2019 9:09:51 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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