From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cmail.nextlayer.at (cmail.nextlayer.at [109.70.102.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B34E3B29D for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 0506C411B7 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:59:03 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <8f2941f9-6600-4981-a76a-2a7a3f10f451@falco.ca> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:02:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net References: <6nn799r0-q896-4osn-23no-733oorno0p55@ynat.uz> Content-Language: en-CA, de-AT From: Daniel AJ Sokolov In-Reply-To: <6nn799r0-q896-4osn-23no-733oorno0p55@ynat.uz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 Subject: Re: [Starlink] Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:59:11 -0000 On 2025-03-17 at 15:50, David Lang via Starlink wrote: > > but the claim that it will be far cheaper than Starlink?? that tower and > a ground station that tracks the satellites in real time is going to be > FAR more expensive than a dishy. Since it's going to be in motion at all > times, it's got mechanical parts to wear out, and physically re-aiming a > laser between connections (on both ends) is going to be a lot slower > than electronic aiming of a phased array antenna. Could'nt you have a phased laser array? BR Daniel AJ