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Well my boss is in a cabin in the wilderness somewhere and his only access to the internet is via Starling, so that's great news!
by bogzz 1y ago
Well my boss is in a cabin in the wilderness somewhere and his only access to the internet is via Starling, so that's great news!
- delichon 1y agoI've heard of IP over pigeons, but using starlings is innovative.
- bogzz 1y agoFalcon-related packet loss is a recurring issue.
- RamRodification 1y agoQuid pro quo, Clarice
- ronsor 1y agoStarling is just the product name. It's still IPoAC under the hood.
- arm32 1y agoWrong. His actual name is Jimbob, and he's a pretty bird.
- cardamomo 1y agoWe've got a family of nuthatches that set up an extensive neighborhood mesh network. Quite impressive!
- quirk 1y agoNotorious for dropping packets.
- throwaway889900 1y agoSometimes you have to keep repeating a packet, they're very good at it.
- eitally 1y agoLearn something new every day! I had never heard of RFC 1149[1] and was only familiar with Pigeonrank[2], another short-lived product. [1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1149 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1149 [2] https://archive.google/pigeonrank/ https://archive.google/pigeonrank/
- anjel 1y agoStarlings are lower bandwidth than pigeons
- Tade0 1y agoThey're reliable, provided there's a cherry tree orchard at the destination.
- hk1337 1y agoTheir Starlord is the key to keeping them on task.
- hdgvhicv 1y agoWho?
- anonymousiam 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
- ahazred8ta 1y agoThe RFC-1149 pigeon protocol has its own theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzLlODqyCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzLlODqyCE
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- asadotzler 1y agoI too am in the wilderness and Starlink is my only broadband, but I was smart enough to keep my 1.5Mbps WISP connection (radio mounted 170' up one of my redwoods) so I'm still in good shape for basic communication, even some streaming and videoconferencing, though those aren't great this morning. Also, after my Starlink terminal rebooted a few times on its own over the last hour or so, things are looking good again.
- sakopov 1y agoAre you using something like a CradlePoint for your WISP?
- galaxy_gas 1y agoIf it 1,5 Mb and radio mount on a tower I would more guessing toward the side of PTP line of sight Link or such Mikrotik, Unifi instead of cellular cradlepoint.
- esseph 1y agoIn the US: Ubiquiti, Cambium, probably not Tarana because that's way too expensive for a 1.5Mbps sub. Mikrotik radios are fairly rare here, but the routers and switches are everywhere.
- galaxy_gas 1y agoThats interesting ! Mikrotik routers and switches are very cheap, I wonder why they one product line is extremely common but the radios are rare rather than roughly equivalent spread ?
- esseph 1y agoJust generally not as reliable or as advanced as the competition for not much more, generally. They are doing some interesting work with LTE in Latvia though.
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- whiteboardr 1y agoHasn’t he heard of ravens? Much more reliable.
- rchard2scout 1y agoYeah, but all they say is "nevermore".
- acrophiliac 1y agoDigression ... you must be using "wilderness" in it's colloquial form, because technically, if he's in a cabin he can't be in wilderness. Federally designated wilderness areas don't allow permanent human habitation.
- BHSPitMonkey 1y agoFurthermore, the planet we are on cannot possibly be in space. Space is mostly empty, has no breathable atmosphere, there are no trees or grocery stores there, etc.; Earth is quite the opposite.
- gridder 1y agoThe cabin is located in the wilderness, not part of it, and it’s real wilderness, not a wilderness designated area
- jackdawipper 1y agoin my day we used pigeons