From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.taht.net (mail.taht.net [IPv6:2a01:7e00:e000:2d4:f00f:f00f:b33b:b33b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6353F3B29D for ; Thu, 26 May 2022 19:44:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.taht.net (Postfix, from userid 1013) id 5D53C22C46; Thu, 26 May 2022 23:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 23:44:02 +0000 From: Dave =?iso-8859-1?Q?T=E4ht?= To: Ulrich Speidel Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net Message-ID: <20220526234402.GA21213@mail.taht.net> References: <47310bc7-d368-11f2-c54f-ce3b942ea531@falco.ca> <4429ffe8-0f8d-d14f-3eb6-8f03ffd9b985@auckland.ac.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4429ffe8-0f8d-d14f-3eb6-8f03ffd9b985@auckland.ac.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Subject: Re: [Starlink] Subsidised in Canada for Starlink-Hardware X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 23:44:03 -0000 On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 10:08:46AM +1200, Ulrich Speidel wrote: > I note that the four communities are all clustered in a relatively small > area on the eastern shores of Lake Manitoba, more or less in walking > distance of each other. That's a significant number of terminals for such a > small area. It'll be interesting to see whether Starlink will have the > capacity to service them all. Mind you, they're just south of the 53rd > parallel, where satellite density is highest, so if not there, then where? > But I guess this probably comes on top of an existing customer base in a > wider area awash with hard-to-reach users. It would be saner to have a correct number of starlink termnals, and to further spread the network around via fixed wireless, or even cabling up portions of the neighborhood. This is a job for a WISP/starlink partnership, methinks. > > On 17/05/2022 9:22 am, Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >The Canadian province of Quebec wants to subsidise > >Starlink-subscriptions for 10,200 hard to reach homes. The subsidy, > >apparently, is not ongoing, but a one-off for purchasing the hardware. > > > >In four Manitoba communities, federal money will provide a subsidy of > >CAD 900 each for 1,162 households. That covers the device plus tax, but > >not Starlink's delivery fee or any cost of installation. > > > >https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2022/05/16/starlink-utilised-in-quebec-manitoba-rural-broadband-programmes-portability-option-launched > > > >https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-over-1-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-up-to-1162households-in-manitoba.html > > > >FYI > >Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Starlink mailing list > >Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > >https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > > > > -- > **************************************************************** > Dr. Ulrich Speidel > > School of Computer Science > > Room 303S.594 (City Campus) > > The University of Auckland > u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ulrich/ > **************************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink -- Fixing the Internet on a too-tight budget: https://patreon.com/dtaht Dave Taht, Chief bottlewasher, TekLibre