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All those AI datacenters in space will need a way to get data to them. Bezos can't even build his first constellation and already planning his second... Possi
by everfrustrated 9mo ago
All those AI datacenters in space will need a way to get data to them.
Bezos can't even build his first constellation and already planning his second... Possibly the real play here is snapping up more frequency licenses on earth (we need them because we're launching any day now promise). They are the real constraining resource and could be used to keep others out of the market for a while.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> They are the real constraining resource and could be used to keep others out of the market for a while I'd love to see a betting market on a unified, global licensing regime lasting for another ten years.
- lxgr 9mo agoIs there even still one today? For example, Starlink's "direct to cell" uses terrestrial-assigned 4G/5G frequencies which are already not globally coordinated. Serving a given market from space already needs a national license anyway, and with today's small and region-dependent spotbeams for both GEO and LEO, I feel like we're going to move to a frequency regime more similar for terrestrial networks than for legacy communications satellites covering a whole hemisphere with one beam.