[Starlink] Itʼs the Latency, FCC

[David Lang]

On Wed, 1 May 2024, Colin_Higbie wrote:

> This is a largely black and white issue: there are a significant # of users 
> who need 4K streaming support. Period. This is a market standard, like 91 
> octane gas, 802.11ax Wi-Fi, skim (0%) milk, 50 SPF sunblock, and 5G phones. 
> The fact that not everyone uses one of those market-established standards does 
> not mean that each is not an important standard with a sizable market cohort 
> that merits support. 25Mbps for 4K HDR streaming is one such standard. That's 
> not my opinion. That's a market-established fact and the only reason I posted 
> here – to ensure this group has that information so that you can be more 
> effective in presenting your latency arguments and solutions to the ISPs.

But just because many people want those things doesn't mean that 87 octane gas, 
SPF 20 sunblock, 2% milk, 4G phones, etc should be eliminated.

I in no way advocate for the elimination of 25Mb connectivity. What I am arguing 
against is defining that as the minimum acceptable connectivity. i.e. pretending 
that anything less than that may as well not exist (ot at the very least should 
not be defined as 'broadband')

David Lang