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 E53A03B2A4 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 02:49:23 -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 BC32E8038AA for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 08:49:20 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.nextlayer.at BC32E8038AA Message-ID: <8b7fd197-777d-e963-628d-4cdff7c04380@sokolov.eu.org> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 00:49:18 -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> <7ffdb646-0d02-c1fa-6857-576c2681490c@falco.ca> <2e2c67c8-839b-e1af-5937-78dab715d482@cs.auckland.ac.nz> From: Daniel AJ Sokolov In-Reply-To: <2e2c67c8-839b-e1af-5937-78dab715d482@cs.auckland.ac.nz> 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 07:49:24 -0000 On 2022-02-08 at 00:30, Ulrich Speidel wrote: > They're not the only place in the Pacific to have these sorts of > problems, so seeing Starlink show any interest at all is a good thing. > They might want to start with providing service to all of Fiji. Maybe, but my feeling is the local authorities don't want them in their market? What are the chances that the 6 month emergency license Fidschi has granted to help Tonga will be turned into a normal license that allows Fidschi residents to use Starlink? Cheers Daniel