Re: [Starlink] SpaceX/Starlink says it's ready for a fall satellite-to-cell service with T-Mobile

["David Fernández" <davidfdzp@gmail.com>]

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Both AST and Starlink are reporting speeds of around 10 Mbit/s. Those are
not like the service Globalstar is providing to Apple phones for just
emergency texts.

https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/151288/spacexs-cellular-starlink-hits-17mbps-download-speed-to-android-phone

From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Eugene Y Chang <eugene.chang@ieee.org>
Cc: Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>,  Dave Taht via
        Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] SpaceX/Starlink says it's ready for a fall
        satellite-to-cell service with T-Mobile
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This is a fallback that will only be if there is no other coverage, and
will be
a poor data rate.

I would expect that the impact to the phone battery would be less than the
phone
continually searching for a tower

Also, SpaceX has pushed back, according to them this isn't observed
interference
with their signals, instead they reconfigured a satellite to the
direct-to-phone
frequencies and were able to detect them

we'll see what the real story is.

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