<div dir="ltr"><div>Both AST and Starlink are reporting speeds of around 10 Mbit/s. Those are not like the service Globalstar is providing to Apple phones for just emergency texts.</div><div><br></div><div></div><div><a href="https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/151288/spacexs-cellular-starlink-hits-17mbps-download-speed-to-android-phone">https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/151288/spacexs-cellular-starlink-hits-17mbps-download-speed-to-android-phone</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>From: David Lang <<a href="mailto:david@lang.hm" target="_blank">david@lang.hm</a>></div>
To: Eugene Y Chang <<a href="mailto:eugene.chang@ieee.org" target="_blank">eugene.chang@ieee.org</a>><br>
Cc: Frantisek Borsik <<a href="mailto:frantisek.borsik@gmail.com" target="_blank">frantisek.borsik@gmail.com</a>>, Dave Taht via<br>
Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] SpaceX/Starlink says it's ready for a fall<br>
satellite-to-cell service with T-Mobile<br>
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This is a fallback that will only be if there is no other coverage, and will be <br>
a poor data rate.<br>
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I would expect that the impact to the phone battery would be less than the phone <br>
continually searching for a tower<br>
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Also, SpaceX has pushed back, according to them this isn't observed interference <br>
with their signals, instead they reconfigured a satellite to the direct-to-phone <br>
frequencies and were able to detect them<br>
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we'll see what the real story is.<br>
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