From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sandelman.ca (relay.cooperix.net [IPv6:2a01:7e00:e000:2bb::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FC8B3B2A4 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:38:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dooku.sandelman.ca (host-87-4-189-54.retail.telecomitalia.it [87.4.189.54]) by relay.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FAEE1F455 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dooku.sandelman.ca (Postfix, from userid 179) id B86F11A0753; Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:38:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Richardson To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net In-reply-to: <14B0D432-15BA-42AE-9D8D-1DF7E7E50402@ieee.org> References: <198D364D-DA0E-445A-8E13-FDA24486E30C@ieee.org> <39q83o29-4r63-2qn6-1s46-n97rq66qrpn6@ynat.uz> <34E90BC8-4843-4C03-8A74-B50AB2F22995@ieee.org> <9BBC901E-B98E-4C0D-BEEF-2F6D56AB27A3@gmx.de> <14B0D432-15BA-42AE-9D8D-1DF7E7E50402@ieee.org> Comments: In-reply-to Eugene Y Chang via Starlink message dated "Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:38:30 -1000." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.7.1; GNU Emacs 27.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:38:38 +0200 Message-ID: <760833.1664541518@dooku> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering 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, 30 Sep 2022 12:38:41 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eugene Y Chang via Starlink wrote: > Hmmmm=E2=80=A6.. is ground station positioning more about geographic = topology > or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage > subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher capacity > ground stations than by distributing ground stations. Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to be "near" the users that they serve. My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help Ton= go: it was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEERK+9HEcJHTJ9UqTMlUzhVv38QpAFAmM2404ACgkQlUzhVv38 QpDRdQf+KzzQE8EDiR4s01ksyfin/dgCWhLKWKz1ZbKAm/65K7kIBgc+PXDm8+qr WhKDa/EAXi0hAaE+IHYvx6CDodkn6PcxUsVRxjYnBQQaiyOA1IcM4ehk4c4tUwXr DxlEvOkc4EdrIsug0iLqTHRbc9WaBJytSzlrMBDJSbYAJCHMNWD/rEh6ygMY+D6o fWjcDKHAo8ZQXpHy+fh3vZlr5A3YydwBJthGrOrbjgTMNoB3fbykD6Ztc5KtPEOV rLU9QUcQ3/ICv3B4wNVVbCJE1EGHG7KhcLgO/d3NdyWlHcm5QprqELkvQlxX7C/1 xNKaEZRZzjyseZkjUV7pqoSPrTnwjg== =VrQG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--