@Syulang @mekkaokereke @carnage4life @DLR

OFC #Starlink just took the tech stack that all the other #Providers used...

Personally, I wished @BNetzA would enforce #SATCOM providers to not illegally bundle tariffs with devices as per §73 TKG...

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tkg_2021/__73.html

Because the lack of enforced standardization turns a lot of #SatelliteInternet equipment into expensive and bulky paperweights for no good reason.
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tkg_2021/__74.html

#SpaceX #Satellites #SatelliteInternet #Musk: "The power of the technology, which has helped push the value of closely held SpaceX to nearly $140 billion, is just beginning to be felt.

Starlink is often the only way to get internet access in war zones, remote areas and places hit by natural disasters. It is used in Ukraine for coordinating drone strikes and intelligence gathering. Activists in Iran and Turkey have sought to use the service as a hedge against government controls. The U.S. Defense Department is a big Starlink customer, while other militaries, such as in Japan, are testing the technology.

But Mr. Musk’s near total control of satellite internet has raised alarms.

A combustible personality, the 52-year-old’s allegiances are fuzzy. While Mr. Musk is hailed as a genius innovator, he alone can decide to shut down Starlink internet access for a customer or country, and he has the ability to leverage sensitive information that the service gathers. Such concerns have been heightened because no companies or governments have come close to matching what he has built."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html

"Households and enterprises in remote rural areas in the #Philippines now have access to fast internet via #ElonMusk’s #Starlink – but only if you can afford its steep regular price: P29,320 for the hardware and a monthly fee of P2,700 for the base Residential package." #SatelliteInternet

Elon Musk's Starlink internet makes inroads in remote Philippine areas
https://www.rappler.com/technology/elon-musk-starlink-internet-inroads-remote-philippine-areas/

The new contract with the #Philippines is #Astranis’ first partnership in Asia. Enough bandwidth will be provided by the #geosynchronous #satellite for 2 million people. #SatelliteInternet

Astranis will launch a dedicated internet satellite for the Philippines next year | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/astranis-will-launch-a-dedicated-internet-satellites-for-the-philippines-next-year/

@jebba @nixCraft That being said #SatelliteInternet is insecure as f**k and the only reason there hasn't been any #Blueboxing of #Starlink is because it's extremely expensive to get an array of 3-axis stabilized antennas and Ka-Band LNBs with BUCs to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tizjuzVzg

From a NASA Starlink in the 1990s to a much more exotic dream of Russian inventors, I ponder what-ifs for the OSes of our early desktops.

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2023/04/24/operating-system-what-ifs/

This post's featured image is Maxime Vorobiov's "Oak fractured by Lightning" (one alternate OS is named "Lightning", so...).

#technology #worldbuilding #computers #Internet #satelliteinternet #Web #spaceflight #alternatehistory #Windows #Linux #politics #electoralpolitics #operatingsystems #OS

SpaceX's Starlink is bringing global satellite internet to portable devices, expanding internet access like never before:
#Starlink #satelliteinternet #globalconnectivity #itaddup
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641944/spacex-starlink-global-satellite-internet-portable-mobile

How do you feel about #satelliteinternet

I was camping in Wyoming last summer and was weirded out by what I later learned was a Starlink train of low-orbit satellites. It was spooky!

New article on Amazon's Project Kuiper nearing production: https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-antennas-kuiper-satellite-network/

#projectkuiper #loworbitsatellite #spacejunk #homesteading #ruralinternet

If you're a current #Starlink user, did your recent email about monthly pricing include a price increase or decrease?

I'm curious how many out there actually got the $20/month price decrease by being in an "excess capacity" area.

#Satellite #SatelliteInternet #WISP #SpaceX #ISP #Expensive #ExpensiveStarlink #Elon #ElonMusk #Musk

@ghostinthenet one time I setup a "reload in 15" on some network gear that was satellite connected and made some big changes. Unfortunately the switch wasn't saved beforehand so a critical VLAN for new config stopped existing and I had to fly up to Northern Manitoba the next day!!!

#SatelliteInternet

Another time I did similar, but there was either no config saved prior, or confreg set to not save.... Needless to say I had to ship a router overnight to get the series of tower sites back online.

#NorthernManitoba #CanadianInternetStories

‘Crazy good’: Rural Canadians are raving over Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-based internet service. Should Canada’s big telcos be worried? https://bit.ly/3takb3l #ElonMusk #Starlink #CRTC #SpaceX #SatelliteInternet #cdnpoli