From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (syn-045-059-245-186.biz.spectrum.com [45.59.245.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01A2B3B29D for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:47:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.2.3.133] (unknown [10.2.3.133]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F041F6E40; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:47:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:47:25 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: J Pan cc: David Lang , Daniel AJ Sokolov , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <6nn799r0-q896-4osn-23no-733oorno0p55@ynat.uz> <8f2941f9-6600-4981-a76a-2a7a3f10f451@falco.ca> <11s370q0-ooqs-2sp1-5qn1-qprqsqn3s9rn@ynat.uz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="228850167-1072536356-1742258845=:11254" 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: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:47:27 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --228850167-1072536356-1742258845=:11254 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT J Pan wrote: > taara is more like a laser bridge for point-to-point, mostly > stationary nodes, on the ground? That's how I interpret what's in the posted article. David Lang > -- > J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM David Lang via Starlink > wrote: >> >> Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> nope, the lasers are far more directional and don't interact with each other >> enough. >> >> David Lang >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > --228850167-1072536356-1742258845=:11254--