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Does Starlink work for this application?

• dreamcompiler 5y ago
  In principle it could but AFAIK Starlink is restricting installations to fixed land-based applications for now because they want a predictable number of customers in each satellite footprint. I expect they will extend it to marine applications in the future. Cruise ships in the near future (assuming cruise ships ever come back after COVID) will all have some kind of high-bandwidth LEO satellite internet connectivity.
  • unixhero 5y ago
    Cruise ships are back, and the business is booming with some fully booked ships. Vaccine passports and require a PCR plus quick test before departure for all crew and passengers should do the trick. Buut it's all a balance, see comments here for instance https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/travel/cruise-industry-comeback.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/travel/cruise-industry-co...
  • Thlom 5y ago
    It will only work for coastal vessels until they get the sat-to-sat thing working. I know Elon talked about bouncing the signal off base stations on barges in the middle of the ocean, but not sure if that would be reliable enough.
  • dzhiurgis 5y ago
    I'd guess they gonna charge good premium for offering "mobile" service.