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> in any event it would be silly to fly over whole landmasses in silence. It wouldn't if the satellite network is operating at capacity, and therefore you can'
by aylmao 7y ago
> in any event it would be silly to fly over whole landmasses in silence.
It wouldn't if the satellite network is operating at capacity, and therefore you can't guarantee service.
Satellites communicate with one another to send information around the world. Most servers are not in developing nations— a lot of them are in the US, for example. Satellites from all over the world will all try to reach the ones that are near the US, so those will dictate the actual capacity of the entire network.
If the network operates at capacity, prices will rise so low-profit customers leave and make space for high-paying ones.
- rini17 7y agoSo you assume Starlink will relay the data primarily between satellites and will avoid handing them over to ground till close to destination? Why? Consider the inter-satellite relay is still in development and current mode of operation was described as "bent pipe". Even when it will be developed, it makes sense to offload data to nearest convenient fiber-connected ground station instead of satellites around the globe.
- nickik 7y ago> Satellites communicate with one another to send information around the world. Initially they wont actually do that.