From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pf1-x42a.google.com (mail-pf1-x42a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::42a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 701A33CB37 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:05:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x42a.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-6e6cb0f782bso697646b3a.1 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:05:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1710425140; x=1711029940; darn=lists.bufferbloat.net; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=fMJND6hCubycDIBTi3bi+45WrYgD2CzWiB+4nKZ0U+Y=; b=FJtC0P+VSWIJfvjK63kCIltfaMmY2rh+BQfPj855Ur+cbSqF9emzDp+WqU8CIVA4s2 kQrnzGy/oun+Ruj3i7bSo1AOg+Z3xj4SDr6IcF8UYsbjYHOBKRyi51yykpwAR8WS/oV+ KNpS1+UnTOoONig/K/wfIxVAYeV7ZF1aqEEWppxLZLfF11w/B5dmRLMXUyrum057Kt+S CT8sZ7eu1UOv3ZOPe78jYzYuJrolkMcP7uN+6agjwZX6HXsTtZZpudZQre1SgvdhnBRp veNjg1/2FVK0Ny6qrO3MpH2nHfAEgs6hnBvQY3RQjGUOmEb8BInVWc4xsos6kjOEJh/B 0RNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1710425140; x=1711029940; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=fMJND6hCubycDIBTi3bi+45WrYgD2CzWiB+4nKZ0U+Y=; b=O04T7pOInvhxnHtWXQTpBQJV6mz0EOz+yfbbWDAwXHJ/9RFL2heVNuu3lluqEOMVDK MGlpzwes5j0el1kpz4PLdcz85m/1Lf23YzG0JWE44oHrN65bqGuouJyBEglsFrt9Lysy ZFBiARCK0b2Fr5ihAnxx2YOM35XQzth85N69MQ+15meGw/3xJH0UPMekunTpHxwddj8+ sQ0F4fE+T1UaKuSBYxCdnGOcfjSALCKQJ8g/HEqUiR1p/OZs2bwF4IP7FvMsPm1tAJmV J5yV3UbGWh/X0UtYRIoxsdd3YU+GkoVrDaXaK6OUbe1qJIfD4adcSuT/OYyOGSnuCCAQ 4gjQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy1ugh9bWWexbpAEbgWdjzjt2d1bIZ7nZea2keOYp8TYYqyhBcz FrnQWacXfH7ARRKGcqeeLDndEXU/uPQ4noSRXpM5H42kquXW8ZqRJhZ7Vc3vxEF4JsPvqJkq3H5 4qajwBprpn+9+GFzwpxtOnosf1KMNJJpZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IH/jlYZtgtOPknJTyMsfq05v+q/lHCMpHvF1EwqNbSQzKE8ilvboBQRHhPB5UV2erymAnytn88iYcqo+sF5PfY= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:fa92:b0:29b:8821:624d with SMTP id cu18-20020a17090afa9200b0029b8821624dmr1715836pjb.15.1710425139787; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:05:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Hesham ElBakoury Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:05:26 -0700 Message-ID: To: Dave Taht via Starlink Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000df40ba06139f62d5" Subject: [Starlink] FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency 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: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:05:41 -0000 --000000000000df40ba06139f62d5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "The FCC has once again rejected a Starlink plan to deploy thousands of internet satellites in very low earth orbits (VLEO) ranging from 340 to 360 kilometers. In an order published last week , the FCC wrote: =E2=80=9CSpaceX may not deploy any satellites designed for operational alti= tudes below the International Space Station,=E2=80=9D whose orbit can range as lo= w as 370 kilometers. Starlink currently has nearly 6000 satellites orbiting at around 550 kilometers that provide internet access to over 2.5 million customers around the world. But its service is currently slower than most terrestrial fiber networks, with average latencies (the time for data to travel between origin and destination) over 30 milliseconds at best , and double that at peak times." https://spectrum.ieee.org/starlink-vleo-below-iss Hesham --000000000000df40ba06139f62d5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

"The FCC has once ag= ain rejected a Starlink plan to deploy thousands of internet satellites in = very low earth orbits (VLEO) ranging from 340 to 360 kilometers. In an=C2= =A0order published last week, the FCC wrote: =E2=80=9CSpaceX may no= t deploy any satellites designed for operational altitudes below the Intern= ational Space Station,=E2=80=9D whose orbit can range as low as 370 kilomet= ers.

Starlink currently has=C2=A0nearly 6000 satellites=C2=A0orbitin= g at around 550 kilometers that provide internet access to over 2.5 million= customers around the world. But its service is currently slower than most = terrestrial fiber networks, with average latencies (the time for data to tr= avel between origin and destination)=C2=A0over 30 = milliseconds at best, and double that at peak times."

https://spectrum= .ieee.org/starlink-vleo-below-iss=C2=A0

Hesham

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