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It doesn’t say much, and to me it reads like an emotional anti-Musk take: > ignoring the LEO satellite platform’s capacity constraints, high prices, erratic le
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
It doesn’t say much, and to me it reads like an emotional anti-Musk take:
> ignoring the LEO satellite platform’s capacity constraints, high prices, erratic leadership, and problematic environmental impact
I think capacity constraints are nonexistent for most uses, and capacity is increasing all the time. Clearly LEO has enough capacity because there are many other large constellations also launching. The price is not very different than Comcast or whoever, but with much easier installation, better speeds in most areas, and better customer service. The “erratic” leadership has no effect on the problem we’re discussing, and in fact, Musk has done amazing work with SpaceX and Starlink.
On the other hand we’ve already spent tens or hundreds of billions on traditional broadband to neglected areas and got very little for it. We would have been better off giving all those people the money directly so they can pay for satellite Internet.
- michaelt 2y agohttps://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/starlinks-current-problem-capacity https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/starlinks-current-pro... Capacity issues are a common problem for wireless internet users, because the bandwidth provided by a base station / cell / satellite is divided among its users. Corporations have trouble resisting the temptation to over-sell their capacity, as adding subscribers on the same equipment is pure profit.
- whalesalad 2y agoNot to mention - latency. So many people get caught up in bandwidth but if your latency is in the toilet your experience will be miserable. I would much rather see my packets shoot through a glass tube with minimal latency than literally travel into outer space and then back down to earth (assuming no mesh routing is taking place between the satellites). Literal latency nightmare.
- Dylan16807 2y agoWhen it comes to low orbit satellites, that thinking is wrong. It's an extra 2 milliseconds or less, four times. It's not enough to matter.