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* only when you’re outdoors with good line of sight and only in geographic areas they allow.
by dawnerd 3mo ago
* only when you’re outdoors with good line of sight and only in geographic areas they allow.
- ThrowawayTestr 3mo agoThat's usually how satellites work.
- dawnerd 3mo agoThere’s some folks here that seem to think otherwise
- Scroll_Swe 3mo agoYou really want Starlink to be bad, huh?
- dawnerd 3mo agoDid I say that? I’m being realistic and not drinking the Elon koolaid. I think starlink is great and it’s hugely improved life for a lot of people and made remote work a lot nicer.
- probablynotai 3mo agoWifi indoors, starlink outdoors
- bilsbie 3mo agoI’m not sure if that’s true of these use cellular frequencies.
- dawnerd 3mo agoYou can already try it with T-Mobile and it’s pretty limited. Great if you need sms and there’s no other towers around. Still requires line of sight.
- modeless 3mo agoThe limitations on the current T-Satellite service have a lot to do with the spectrum being shared with terrestrial towers and the low number of satellites. The new constellation will be physically closer, with much larger antennas and a much larger number of satellites with a much higher capacity per satellite. It will also use dedicated spectrum with no terrestrial interference. Coverage and speed will be improved tremendously.
- dawnerd 3mo agoYou’re still limited to the transmission and receive capabilities of mobile devices which already struggle with current cell networks. I’m Not arguing it won’t be nice for people truly remote, but people keep acting like this will replace cell towers, which it won’t.
- modeless 3mo agoThe limitations of mobile devices are mostly due to regulation (power limits and spectrum allocation and other requirements) and not inherent to the technology of handheld devices. And despite this, you can increase performance almost arbitrarily if you are able to increase the size and power and number of the antennas on the other side. Yes, the Gen3 Starlink Direct-to-Cell constellation won't replace cell towers in urban or suburban areas. But I believe it could replace them in rural areas.