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These services are generally terrible compared to Starlink.
by thallium205 1y ago
These services are generally terrible compared to Starlink.
- ty6853 1y agoNo doubt, but given the cost and challenge of launching a satellite, I think your best bet if your rural enclave despises Starlink for whatever reason, right now your best bet is to run fiber to a single house and make a mini wireless ISP.
- esseph 1y agoMaybe 15 years ago, but not for at least 10 years, and definitely 5 in most markets. I'd take fiber -> Taara -> Tarana 3.65 CBRS any day of the week over any LEO. Way faster, way lower latency, and way lower total cost to deploy. Also scales massively better.
- kortilla 1y ago>Tarana 3.65 CBRS any day of the week over any LEO. Way faster, way lower latency To what? Starlink is getting you to a major exchange in two direct shots. When I was testing it in North Dakota I was getting lower latency to Google and Cloudflare through Starlink than I was through local fiber providers (likely due to their long circuitous route to Minneapolis).
- esseph 1y agoSatellite can't handle the density required for one, but yes, network path is huge. Same reason a lot of HFT uses microwave vs fiber paths - fiber paths are following the ROW, the microwave paths are the physically shorter paths. LEO is a niche technology, but not and shouldn't be the default for tons of reasons.