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I mean it's more to do with the cool factor of using a satellite, not practical concerns. Practically a mobile failover is superior if you have coverage.
by rjh29 7mo ago
I mean it's more to do with the cool factor of using a satellite, not practical concerns. Practically a mobile failover is superior if you have coverage.
- inemesitaffia 7mo agoSee the power outage in Iberia as a counterpoint. Also when there's a fiber cut, it usually takes out everyone since there are frequently shared conduits or poles. Everyone reverting to mobile usually takes everyone out.
- lxgr 7mo agoWouldn't a widespread ground-based infrastructure outage also take out (or at least severely degrade) Starlink in the affected region if people were to widely use it as a backup solution?
- inemesitaffia 7mo agoStarlink has been known to carry traffic over lasers from Southern Africa to Europe and from New Zealand to Eastern USA. During the power outage in Spain/Portugal they proactively moved traffic to the UK Local failures don't matter unless your country doesn't allow landing user traffic in other countries (Indonesia, Bangladesh)