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> jump technology generations Satellite internet is not a “generation above” fibre internet
by dools 3mo ago
> jump technology generations
Satellite internet is not a “generation above” fibre internet
- willy_k 3mo agoNor did they claim that.
- dools 3mo ago> When you don’t have an established wired infrastructure, it becomes significantly easier to jump technology generations
- willy_k 3mo ago> As others mentioned, It's a very similar situation for rural American That’s a seperate anecdote about his dad in America. If you’re going to nitpick irrelevant inconsistencies, at least be right.
- dools 3mo ago[flagged]
- mkl 3mo agoStarlink is letting them skip dial-up and ADSL.
- mbreese 3mo agoFor what it's worth, I was specifically thinking about DSL and 2000-2010s era DOCSIS technologies. The analogy is really that when mobile phones became popular in Africa, it was possible to skip the step of having wired landlines and cable TV. 3G/4G could be used for anything those would have provided. Starlink does the same thing, but it lets people skip DSL and cable modems. However, I actually think that the main "benefit" you get by not having an extensive wired infrastructure is the lack of an incumbent provider. Centralized incumbents can put pressure on any new technology that puts their existing infrastructure investments at risk.
- NetMageSCW 3mo agoThere’s also the issue of man made damage to infrastructure that is very difficult for Starlink.
- Polizeiposaune 3mo agoOnce the birds are in orbit, satellite internet is vastly superior to fiber in speed of deployment. Fiber requires custom engineering at the city block level and a single rotten utility pole can block deployment. I say this as someone who waited for fiber and is happily using it now.
- uxhacker 3mo agoSo in Poland with Starlink I easily get 120 mbp/s but often in Kenya which I visit the maximum speed is just 10 mbp/s. Often the local 5g network is faster. The reason I believe that this is the case is dues to congestion on the Starlink network in Kenya. Ie. too many users in Kenya.
- Tepix 3mo agoHis post was about speed of deployment, not internet speed.
- underlipton 3mo agoOnly in Kenya.
- parineum 3mo agoI suspect that has a lot to do with still needing a ground station in the same hex as the signal. Presumably, there's limited bandwidth at wherever that ground station is. Once the satellites are linked, I bet that improves.