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For those prices, traditional sat (geostationary) might not be as fast but it is at least reliable connectivity. For anyone in the rual flatlands of america, l
by sandworm101 4y ago
For those prices, traditional sat (geostationary) might not be as fast but it is at least reliable connectivity.
For anyone in the rual flatlands of america, look seriously at rural wifi bridges. Basic off-the-shelf wifi can bridge links over miles. All those cellphone towers have fiber lines. Setup a rural wifi collective and tap into that fiber. My parents ditched traditional sats a few years ago when a local company setup a local wifi tower, itself bridged to the nearest cell tower. Now they have faster internet then i do in my non-rural appartment.
- tcrenshaw 4y agoIn my experience, geosat is reliable until it rains. Then your slow speeds drop down to nothing. TBF, I've not used starlink yet.
- shaklee3 4y agothat's not true. satellite internet within the last 15 years has used adaptive modulation and coding, and rain doesn't have nearly the effect you're saying unless it's torrential and at an angle.
- chrisco255 4y agoYeah I've used the Starlink in both rain and snow and it's worked admirably through both. Occasionally you get a real dense, severe thunderstorm that affects it, but for most weather it works fine.