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Probably a lot easier to run a starlink node off a car battery than to use HAM radio in those situations.
by generalizations 5y ago
Probably a lot easier to run a starlink node off a car battery than to use HAM radio in those situations.
- mmaunder 5y agoUnboxing starlink was a transformative experience for me. It was a weird feeling literally getting internet in a box without cable, copper or DSL or even a rural dish pointed at a local tower where you have to worry about obstacles. I plopped the dish on the dirt and it just frikkin worked. It was at that moment I realized how that technology will absolutely transform global society. I'm from Africa and now do philanthropy in rural areas out there, and it's going to take a minute, but it's going to absolutely transform regions like that.
- sliken 5y agoTraceroute over starlink, see if you can figure out where your uplink station is, and how far it is from you. From what I can tell the range is much more than cellular, but not all that much as far as worrying about hurricanes, large fires, and major power grid problems.