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From: Nathan Owens <nathan@nathan.io>
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "Best Effort" offering
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 05:43:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALjsLJuwSwLNBLhp=Q+J22G9njT=mz1sapvE3K9SswUiaPh7GQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <760833.1664541518@dooku>

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The laser mesh might be working already, see:

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https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xrvn2x/first_impressions_of_a_laseronly_user/
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https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xr3ali/update_snowy_owl_helped_dishy_do_a_speed_test_at/
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https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xd9qt3/greater_availability_in_alaska/
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https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/wwg0nc/starlink_speed_test_in_nigeria/

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 5:38 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink <
starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

>
> Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>     > Hmmmm….. is ground station positioning more about geographic topology
>     > or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage
>     > subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher
> capacity
>     > ground stations than by distributing ground stations.
>
> Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to
> be "near" the users that they serve.
>
> My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help
> Tongo: it
> was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine)
>
>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-30 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-28 19:53 Dotzero
2022-09-28 20:01 ` Dave Taht
2022-09-28 20:58   ` Dotzero
2022-09-28 21:02     ` David Lang
2022-09-28 21:04     ` Dave Taht
2022-09-28 23:07 ` Eugene Y Chang
2022-09-28 23:35   ` David Lang
2022-09-29  0:40     ` Eugene Y Chang
2022-09-29  4:29       ` David Lang
2022-09-29  7:50         ` Eugene Y Chang
2022-09-29  9:10           ` Sebastian Moeller
2022-09-29  9:14             ` David Lang
2022-09-29 19:38               ` Eugene Y Chang
2022-09-30 12:38                 ` Michael Richardson
2022-09-30 12:43                   ` Nathan Owens [this message]
2022-09-30 17:24                   ` Eugene Chang
2022-09-30 17:26                     ` Nathan Owens
2022-09-30 18:03                       ` Mike Puchol
2022-09-30 21:39 rob currie
2022-09-30 23:56 ` Eugene Chang

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