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<p>That would not surprise me much. <br>
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<p>The frequencies are clearly being used, though, as we're seeing
traffic from Starlink our Starlink dishy come in via vocusgroup
(one of their backhaulers) to the Auckland Peering Exchange with
RTTs that preclude the use of an overseas teleport.</p>
<p>Given that your local MP has a passing interest in Starlink,
shall we ask?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/11/2023 2:57 pm, Hayden Simon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“</span>from
the looks of it, most of the licences expired. Either because
they weren't being used, or because Starlink forgot to pay for
them, or because the RRF is such a giant cluster it ate all
their licenses. (this would not be unusual)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can see eleventy billion expired licenses
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Starlink
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net"><starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ulrich Speidel via Starlink<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 13, 2023 2:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Starlink] The curious case of the
missing Starlink spectrum licences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Blank.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 13/11/2023 2:29 pm, Inemesit Affia via
Starlink wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you look for tibro or oneweb? <br>
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<pre>Starlink mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><a href="https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>****************************************************************<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Dr. Ulrich Speidel<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>School of Computer Science<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Room 303S.594 (City Campus)<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>The University of Auckland<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="mailto:u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz</a> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ulrich/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ulrich/</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>****************************************************************<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
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Dr. Ulrich Speidel
School of Computer Science
Room 303S.594 (City Campus)
The University of Auckland
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz">u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz</a>
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