From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com (mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2a]) (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 D29FA3B29E for ; Mon, 1 May 2023 17:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-b983027d0faso4746638276.0 for ; Mon, 01 May 2023 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1682975152; x=1685567152; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=aR6en/EbxqBgT3AHrN+WTs/+tZJdsYPYZY/9s4opgMs=; b=Vzbb3Ms+sJZwctXTxXabUsDe2cznb7BYNxqogEw19h0VGHpAN+SKPr63t+phnPDEDO VSg81/lurqv/UZ4W/EZq/+dgJQshX1HsI7JGy0HCTMSd5+Tnjb0X/QpL+CYHUnwUzkQ/ QnOl8IE3osvM27PpRVlcblIIcVPK3gs7hbz08Y0jKmAJAyJ8xDr0RqcDgYe8tFwJ7jVB KpCE11krLR9xbrL2kzbOOv7ZPviaNConrjupkE8Netf86oiPReMjZELe8ftMJPmiQ9js 38vz2/+K9vxmJL5sBlGMBWPBxZGkbwThl9Qu9dR8UuS777hI2NwbahfV/HfpLT0kLXwo FlCQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1682975152; x=1685567152; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=aR6en/EbxqBgT3AHrN+WTs/+tZJdsYPYZY/9s4opgMs=; b=D9KPm7Y/MdfMi16xigFKjDzv93fsOXuusDEnFJ50QLg5jwOAk1SVrn6UlOmA5/X+v/ pFfEsXqRakvd/4MBZ2yfkzW6m4o9FVV5Frb+8bpZaOHCwsCb88jbw8tv8dzQNuhr41q5 4BwEPt72GcmtfRCIc2BjXGtVuFwePwpYTbBx+H2SpuUw4hNFHTGgx2xpAIW1KCj8Z23x c/QYYjL7Jo6jG6GJQfZxNiqBCJ2sfG/HyjII5VV+tJD99OYRLuARJU/2Gi+S20Bp9ucr D5T7SsGn430lfnaAF2laeYLgmCrIvJTCYbU0XmlAn2rhRMvFla44+B3qFkn/fpZdngbg 633g== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDxxXhhrbZdLgYy0rr/Se6sAGWz0pz063s6WNDp+CdM1qTfJgPD/ tekdh2BLfh0H7z4rW3Ic7YzOSw8kkhNl0AXGc+9M2nyW X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ7dqGRQNGzgcdGed32J4KvmVca5CrQWkH4DYAf+B42QwFdqSwbEYE9Wxya5AMHW7C7SXvJXPQXXMpKO7czPiqQ= X-Received: by 2002:a25:7445:0:b0:b92:3a97:9413 with SMTP id p66-20020a257445000000b00b923a979413mr13481556ybc.61.1682975152186; Mon, 01 May 2023 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1682974911.992311793@apps.rackspace.com> In-Reply-To: <1682974911.992311793@apps.rackspace.com> From: Freddie Cash Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 14:05:41 -0700 Message-ID: To: "David P. Reed" Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001cab8605faa83084" Subject: Re: [Starlink] a bit more starship news 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, 01 May 2023 21:05:52 -0000 --0000000000001cab8605faa83084 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:01=E2=80=AFPM David P. Reed via Starlink < starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > > Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:48:51 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: David Lang > ... > > > the V2 mini satllites do not have the same capability as the full V2 > satellites, > > they are cut down in capacity as well as in size to fit them on a Falco= n > 9. > > > > I would not be surprised to see v2 satellites launched on Starship late= r > this > > year. > > > > Gwen Shotwell said late last year that they had a quarter of Starlink > having > > positive cash flow, and that it's expected to be profitable in 2023 > > "Quarter of Starlink having positive cash flow" means what exactly? I.'ve > never heard a quarter of a corporation having positive cash flow as any > kind of business metric. > Meaning, for one fiscal quarter (ie a 3-month period) they made more money than they spent. "...they had a quarter of..." means the 3-month period of the calendar (a quarter), not 25% of the business. :) --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com --0000000000001cab8605faa83084 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:01=E2=80=AFPM Da= vid P. Reed via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:48:51 -0700 (PDT)

> F= rom: David Lang <davi= d@lang.hm>
...

> t= he V2 mini satllites do not have the same capability as the full V2 satelli= tes,
> they are cut down in capacity as well as in size to fit them o= n a Falcon 9.
>
> I would not be surprised to see v2 satellite= s launched on Starship later this
> year.
>
> Gwen Shotw= ell said late last year that they had a quarter of Starlink having
> = positive cash flow, and that it's expected to be profitable in 2023
=

"= Quarter of Starlink having positive cash flow" means what exactly? I.&= #39;ve never heard a quarter of a corporation having positive cash flow as = any kind of business metric.


Meaning, for one fiscal quarter (ie a 3-month period) they made more mon= ey than they spent.=C2=A0 "...they had a quarter of..." means the= 3-month period of the calendar (a quarter), not 25% of the business.=C2=A0= :)


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