From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (rrcs-45-59-245-186.west.biz.rr.com [45.59.245.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03B6F3CB37; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:51:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.69]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B631B8082; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:51:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:51:19 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang To: Dave Taht cc: Dave Taht via Starlink , "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Network_Neutrality_is_back!_Let=B4s_make_the?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_technical_aspects_heard_this_time!?=" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <4nqqr9po-5478-n9sq-qqqn-n449ss8o5373@ynat.uz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [Starlink] one dish per household is silly. 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: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:51:20 -0000 On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Dave Taht via Starlink wrote: > A) Am I the only person left in the world that shares his wifi? doing so would require that you know your neighbors, in much of the country, especially urban areas, neighbors seeing each other in a store would not recognize each other, let alone know their names. > B) I keep seeing estimates of service life being 5 years, when at the > moment I see it being 10 or more. This is due to the FAA approvals of the satellites. I believe the specs that are approved say that they are fueled for 'at least' a 5 year lifetime, and are in orbits that will cause them to re-enter within 5 years if they fail (with the intent being that at the end of their lifetime, they do a controlled re-entry) this repetition of '5 years' has been picked up. I think the v2 and v2 mini satellites have more fuel capacity. But they are currently still quite a ways out from a steady state of reentries vs launches (even without starship) David Lang