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> It certainly can't be a congestion issue. There aren't any ground stations in the open ocean, so it all has to be routed between satellites to hop to one tha
by jdminhbg 3y ago
> It certainly can't be a congestion issue.
There aren't any ground stations in the open ocean, so it all has to be routed between satellites to hop to one that has a connection to one. So it is a congestion issue.
- wmf 3y agoDirect-to-phone is so slow that it can't congest the lasers.
- lxgr 3y agoIt might well be a "dumb pipe" implementation (i.e. no regeneration and smart inter-satellite routing on the satellites), although Starlink does significantly mention an "onboard eNodeB modem", which sounds like it should be possible to forward that over the laser links.
- dvdbloc 3y agoHave they incorporated the laser links into prod on their sats yet? I thought that they were launching sats with them yet hadn’t successfully routed traffic yet through them in prod which is why they have a limitation to near the coast.
- wmf 3y agoLasers have been in prod for months.
- jdminhbg 3y agoYes, the open sea connections wouldn't work at all without them. But I think they're still a minority of the fleet and it'll take a while to eventually upgrade to full coverage.
- notfish 3y agoWe have >8000 lasers in orbit on starlinks right now https://x.com/starlink/status/1706719043460514101 https://x.com/starlink/status/1706719043460514101