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I'd love to set this up for my rural community. I've got a good connection but many people have no cell service, no dsl lines, no cable...literally nothing. Unt
by verelo 5y ago
I'd love to set this up for my rural community. I've got a good connection but many people have no cell service, no dsl lines, no cable...literally nothing. Until something like starlink is ubiquitous i feel like this could go a long way to solving their problems.
- ahaseeb 5y agoCan you email me haseeb@haseebawan.com - I would love to talk about it since we're working on solving this
- bradley_taunt 5y agoCame here to say exactly this. Out in rural Canada (Ontario) it is extremely difficult to find reliable, fast, unlimited access. With Starlink delaying a good deal of preorders, something like this could be great.
- ahaseeb 5y agoIt isn't replacement to Starlink because you need a backhaul. You can however take one Starlink and use it to distribute among others. Bottleneck is the backhaul
- technobabbler 5y agoI don't think this solves the last-mile problem. You still have to provide (get) internet connectivity; Amazon just relays that landline to 5G. And in rural areas, 5G probably doesn't give you enough range anyhow. Have you considered mesh revenue-share networks like Althea (https://www.althea.net/ https://www.althea.net/)? There's a nonprofit one too operating in several cities, but I can't remember what it's called.
- aero-glide2 5y agoStarlink could be that backhaul. Future terminals will have 1Gbps.
- olyjohn 5y agoYou don't even need that much bandwidth. I had no problem doing LTE over WiFi with a 1Mbit DSL line, with like 256k up on a good day.
- aero-glide2 5y agoOh I mean for an whole village
- technobabbler 5y agoMan, all that work to get worse voice quality than the 1900s... on a good day.
- JaimeThompson 5y ago5G can operate at lower frequencies, from my notes I do not remember where I copied it from. "In quick summary, the bands work as follows in the real world. One low band (600-700MHz) tower can cover hundreds of square miles with 5G service that ranges in speed from 30 to 250 megabits per second (Mbps). A mid band (2.5/3.5GHz) tower covers a several-mile radius with 5G that currently ranges from 100 to 900Mbps. Lastly, a high band (millimeter wave/24-39GHz) tower covers a one-mile or lower radius while delivering roughly 1-3Gbps speeds. Each of these tiers will improve in performance over time."
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoMy understanding is that 5g can operate at the same or similar frequencies as 4g, and actually then has slightly better range and throughout than 4g.
- turtlebits 5y agoDoesn't look like this will give you phone/SMS service. You have to put in their SIM, so unless you have a dual SIM phone that can intelligently roam, doesn't seem like the right solution.
- xuki 5y agoIt can be used in a modem to provide home internet. Also dual SIM phone are easier to find than laying cables.
- ahaseeb 5y agoDo they've the requirement for super high speed internet or they just want a decent internet ?