From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.nextlayer.at (smtp2.nextlayer.at [IPv6:2a01:190:1764:150::37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA86A3B2A4 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 01:25:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.49] (d50-117-141-56.yt.northwestel.net [50.117.141.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.nextlayer.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 62F10807545 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 07:25:22 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.nextlayer.at 62F10807545 Message-ID: <7ffdb646-0d02-c1fa-6857-576c2681490c@falco.ca> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 23:25:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20100411 Thunderbird/2.0.0.24 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 Content-Language: en-GB To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net References: <0d78acc3-1101-c7d2-c7a6-53158b8c1045@vdr.net> <44b2b090-457b-eb59-a75a-a0bbb0307073@candelatech.com> <431oq9ns-qnpn-n56r-6np6-374rsq317q@ynat.uz> <8ecdc077-1751-4302-a013-fa35b2291a87@Spark> <380541e2-c5fa-b3ff-b28c-8d3d993be416@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <5d9dab2c-3c20-4d18-aa1d-cc72bf250843@Spark> <736pq4q3-q21n-p6rn-9391-o56qn77npn2@ynat.uz> <9383f6d3-b6e3-de25-fee0-4416bd05c030@cs.auckland.ac.nz> From: Daniel AJ Sokolov In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink for Tonga? 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: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:25:25 -0000 On 2022-02-07 at 21:46, Inemesit Affia wrote: > StarLink may be providing layer 2 connectivity rather than IP. A ground > station can act as a receiver in this case in Tonga and provide > connectivity directly to the Tonga Telco network. Using ground station type > antenna may help with performance. That would only help the main island of Tonga, but none of the other islands - until the domestic cable is fixed. But by the time the domestic cable is fixed, the international cable will have been fixed for some time already. In any case, I understand the Starlink-for_Tonga idea started with a Twitter exchange with Mr. Musk on the topic of shipping Starlink user terminals to Tonga. Cheers Daniel